[954] Brut, 1152.
[955] See paper by Mr D. C. Evans, Arch. Camb., 1907, p. 224.
[956] The first mention known to the writer is in 1285.
[957] Arch. Camb., 3rd ser., v., 346.
[958] Annales Cambriæ, 1205; Brut, 1207, 1208. The Annales call it the castle of Luchewein.
[959] Beauties of England and Wales, “Caermarthen,” pp. 192, 309.
[960] Mon. Ang., iii., 244.
[961] This motte is mentioned in a charter of Roger, Earl of Hereford, Bernard’s grandson, in which he confirms to the monks of St John “molendinum meum situm super Hodeni sub pede mote castelli.” Arch. Camb., 1883, p. 144.
[962] The dates in the Brut are now one year too early. Under 1209 it says, “Gelart seneschal of Gloucester fortified (cadarnhaaod) the castle of Builth.” We can never be certain whether the word which is translated fortified, whether from the Welsh or from the Latin firmare, means built originally or rebuilt.
[963] Beauties of England and Wales, “Brecknockshire,” p. 153.