What is recorded here

Pen y Cnap Castle in Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, survives as a medieval motte, a shaped mound of earth and memory rather than a proud stone tower. It may have watched the valley, hidden a family, or simply marked a boundary nobody wrote down. The absence of a castle name in common use does not diminish it; it invites imagination. A motte is a claim made visible, a refusal to disappear.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Pen y Cnap Castle, Llanegwad as Motte 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.

Pen y Cnap Castle, Llanegwad, is a medieval motte recorded in the National Monuments Record of Wales, likely built during the 12th or 13th century by Norman settlers expanding into the region. It is remembered as evidence of early medieval military and territorial activity in the area.

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