Hen Domen
Hen Domen'" Welsh, meaning "old mound," is the site of a medieval timber motte-and-bailey castle in Powys, Wales. It is the site of the original Montgomery Castle and was built by Roger de Montgomery in 1070. From 1105 the castle was the home of the de Boulers (Bowdler) family and it is from Baldwin de Boulers that Montgomery gets its Welsh name, Trefaldwyn "The Town of Baldwin." When the castle was rebuilt in stone (1223–1234) it was decided to rebuild it on a rocky promontory a mile to the south-east – the location of the current town of Montgomery, Powys. The Hen Domen site has been extensively excavated.
There are permanent exhibitions relating to both the medieval Hen Domen and Norman Montgomery Castles and their archaeological excavations (with scale models of both castles) in The Old Bell Museum in Montgomery.
See also
Further reading
- Higham, Robert; Barker, Phillip (2000), Hen Domen, Montgomery – A Timber Castle on the English-Welsh Border: A Final Report, University of Exeter Press, ISBN 0-85989-652-8
External links
- "Montgomery" at Genealogy and History of the Bowdler Family
- The Old Bell Museum, Montgomery, Powys
- "Hen Domen Castle" at Castles of Wales
Coordinates: 52°34′28″N 3°09′42″W / 52.5744°N 3.1616°W