Cefnllys was also the site of a borough and medieval town.Ĭastle Bank is often considered to be the site of an Iron Age hillfort, but there is no firm evidence to corroborate this. As the seat of the fiercely contested lordship and cantref of Maelienydd, Cefnllys became a source of friction between Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Roger Mortimer in the prelude to Edward I's conquest of Wales (1277–1283). Controlling several communication routes into the highlands of Mid Wales, the castles were strategically important within the Welsh Marches during the High Middle Ages. Two successive masonry castles were built on a ridge above the River Ithon known as Castle Bank ( Welsh: Craig y Castell, lit.'castle rock') in the thirteenth century, replacing a wooden motte-and-bailey castle constructed by the Normans nearby. Cefnllys Castle ( Welsh: Castell Cefn-llys, pronounced ) was a medieval spur castle in Radnorshire (now part of Powys), Wales.
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