A fantastic historical site, but there is little more than earthworks left to look at today. The land is privately owned and technically not open to the public. The original motte and bailey was built at the order of Roger De Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury sometime between 1071 and 1074, after the Norman invasion of 1066 as one of the first fortifications in Wales. Several different families held the castle until 1215, when the fortress was destroyed by Prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. The motte and bailey was subsequently refortified as an outpost for the new stone castle in Montgomery and probably survived until...
Read moreNo legal public pedestrian access is signposted, the road has no parking, and is a no car road apart from access. Probably one to aviod. The Iron age hillfort of Ffridd Faldwyn is just up the road with...
Read moreNo public access as stated in other reviews. We came in one way and went out the lower road. Got to open a train crossing gate and then close it behind us. ...
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