Llanthomas Castle Mound
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llanthomas-castle-mound-189-2495976
title:
Llanthomas Castle Mound
text:
Llanthomas Castle Mound was built by the Normans after the 1066 Norman conquest of England but before 1215. It is a first-generation motte and bailey castle design; the building materials were earth and timber. The typical motte and bailey castle would have had a multi-storey wooden watchtower on the summit of the motte, a wooden palisade fence around the bailey and a deep ditch surrounding the bailey. A millennium later the above ground wood has rotted away. The remains of Llanthomas Castle Mou
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former castle mound in Powys, Wales
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanthomas_Castle_Mound
date created:
2024-02-01T16:33:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T07:03:26Z
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13
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