What is recorded here

Site of Builth Wells Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps its stones sank into the earth or men carried them elsewhere, leaving only a shadow in the soil. Maybe the well beside it still marks the castle kitchen, feeding roots and drinking water with the same cold clarity.

A named place photographed at this map point in Powys.

Builth Wells Castle was built by the Normans in the late 11th century, likely under the authority of Robert of Rhuddlan, and later held by the powerful de Harcourt family. It is remembered for its strategic role in controlling the Welsh Marches and for the significant 1277 siege during Edward I's campaign against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.