What is recorded here

Presteigne Castle rose as a wooden motte and bailey above the river Lugg, shifting through Port, Braose and Mortimer hands before Llywelyn ap Gruffudd destroyed it in 1262. It never reappeared as a castle, but the earthworks still mark the hill where men once watched the border. A park occupies the memory now, softening the military edge into grass and path. The castle did not vanish so much as stop being a warning and become a place to walk.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Presteigne Castle;The Warden, Earthwork Castle 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.

Presteigne Castle, also known as The Warden, is an earthwork motte and bailey castle built in the 11th or 12th century, likely by Norman settlers following the conquest of Wales. It is important as a surviving example of early medieval military architecture in the region.

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