What is recorded here

Pont-Hendre castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork in Herefordshire, built during the late eleventh or twelfth century when frontier lordships consolidated power along the Welsh border. The substantial mound still rises as a prominent topographical feature, marking a phase of military architecture and settlement in medieval Herefordshire. It is protected as a scheduled monument under reference 1001763, standing among other earthworks and moated sites within ten kilometres.

The National Heritage List for England records Pont-Hendre castle mound as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Pont-Hendre castle mound is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle built in the 11th or 12th century, likely by a local lord or military commander following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a surviving example of early medieval military architecture and as evidence of Norman expansion into the Welsh Marches.

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