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Trecastle Motte;Castle Tump, Trecastle

Motte and Bailey

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The National Monuments Record of Wales records Trecastle Motte;Castle Tump, Trecastle 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.
Built by the de Clare family in the late 11th or early 12th century, Trecastle Motte is remembered as a key defensive site in the Norman colonization of south-east Wales. Its strategic location near the Monmouthshire-Welsh border highlights its role in securing Norman control over the region.

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