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Pen-y-Clawdd Court, Castle Mound

Motte and Bailey

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Pen-y-Clawdd Court, Castle Mound is a medieval motte and bailey in Monmouthshire, Wales. A tall mound of earth and stone may have carried a wooden tower above the valley, while a lower courtyard held horses, tools and people. The shape still marks the ground where power and defence once met.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Pen-y-Clawdd Court, Castle Mound as Motte and Bailey from the Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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