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Barland Castle

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A landscape scene, a wooden mound is to the left.

Barland Castle, also known as Bishopston Old Castle, was a motte-and-bailey castle located near the village of Old Radnor, in Radnorshire (modern-day Powys), Wales. It is believed to have been described in the Domesday Book under the ownership of Hugh L'Asne, who owned the nearby lands. An excavation took place in 1898, which found pottery shards and other artefacts dated to the late 12th/early 13th century. The name is suspected to have slowly changed over time, from "Bernoldune", to "Beraldon", "Barlondon" and finally "Barlonde". All that remains is a ditch and a stepped bank, which may contain tumbled remains of masonry, while 19th century excavations showed evidence of a wooden palisade.

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