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The raised earthwork motte, or mound, of Castell Llwyn Gwinau, a medieval fortification that sits atop an isolated hill in western Wales, is about five feet high and some 100 feet in diameter. This remote spot is not obviously strategic, and it is possible the tenant of a nearby farmstead built the castle simply to signal his position as a knight. Although the location of the castle was known, the drought made its layout clear. Brown sections at its summit likely mark the remains of a stone wall
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