Brogyntyn Castle is a ruin of a native Welsh castle found close to

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, on the Anglo-Welsh border. It is thought the castle was built, or at least owned, by

Owain Brogyntyn Owain ''Brogyntyn'' ap Madog (fl. 1160–1186) was prince of Powys and the third and illegitimate son of king Madog ap Maredudd, the last king of a united Kingdom of Powys. He was the son of Madog by the daughter of the ''Maer du'' or "black ...

, a 12th Century prince of the

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. Very little of the castle now remains.The Royal Tribes of Wales The

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resource book ''Earthwork of England, prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman and medieval'' (1908) states:

"Brogyntyn Castle, near Oswestry, is a perfectly round moated site, the external diameter 290 feet, the internal 160 feet, and the fosse having a width of 65 feet."

Castle Brogyntyn formerly belonged to Owain Brogyntyn, the natural son of Prince Madog ab Meredydd.The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog

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*''The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd and Many of the Descendants of the Fifteen Noble Tribes of Gwynedd'', 1887, London, by

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*''The Royal Tribes of Wales'', 1799, London, Philip Yorke *Castell Brogynty
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