Caerau Castle is a Norman ringwork castle within an older Iron Age hillfort (as at Caer Penrhos).
Unlike many Norman fortifications there is no motte at Caerau, only a bank and outer ditch. The bank would have had a wooden palisade atop to provide extra protection.
There is a gap in the bank on the south west side, which is probably where the main entrance would have stood, protected by a wooden tower.
Nearby is the 13th-century church of St Mary, and it is thought that the church graveyard may lie on the site of the castle bailey, or outer enclosure. Much of the castle site has been overgrown with vegetation.
About Caerau Castle Ringwork
Address: Church Road, Caerau, Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
Attraction Type: Castle
Location: On the A4232
Location map
OS: ST136 750
Photo Credit: John Lord, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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