Editing Trecastle (section)

==History==
Trecastle is named after [[Castle Tump]] (Trecastle Motte) an early 11th-century [[Normans|Norman]] [[motte-and-bailey]] fortification [http://www.castlewales.com/trecastl.html], built by [[Bernard de Neufmarche]] and designed to protect Brecon from attack from the west. Despite this purpose, the area continued to be threatened, with [[Edward I of England]] spending three days in Trecastle quelling a [[revolt]] in 1295. The old castle name of 'una villa nostra de Lliwel' was changed by the end of the Medieval era to the local name Trecastle, "the town of the castle". The fortification still exists at the east end of the village and the motte is {{convert|21|ft}} high; the largest of its type in the National Park.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/304779/details/TRECASTLE+MOTTE%3BCASTLE+TUMP%2C+TRECASTLE/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212330/http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/304779/details/TRECASTLE+MOTTE%3BCASTLE+TUMP%2C+TRECASTLE/| archive-date = 2014-01-04| title = Coflein}}</ref>

From around the 12th century the [[Bishop]] of [[St David's Cathedral|St David's]] owned the land to the west of the book and Trecastle was thus used as a staging post en route to the cathedral. After leaving the stopping point the road is thought to have turned to follow the Roman Road near Y Pigwn. Centuries later, Trecastle was used by [[Coach (vehicle)|coach]] travellers as a stopping point on the route from [[Gloucester]] to [[Llandovery]].

In the 19th century Trecastle had eight annual [[fair]]s, its own gasworks, two [[school]]s, a [[cereal|grain]] [[mill (grinding)|mill]], two [[Smith (metalwork)|smithies]], 16 [[Retailing#Shops and stores|shops]] and numerous pubs. Between 1830 and 1914, Trecastle and [[Llywel]] are said to have had two of the most important [[wool]] mills in [[Brecknockshire]]. The arrival of the [[railway]] in [[Sennybridge]] meant that Trecastle lost its place as the trading centre for the area.

Trecastle is situated on the [[A40 road|A40]] [[trunk road]] between [[Brecon]] and [[Llandovery]], which largely follows the old coaching route and passes a monument to a coach crash in the 19th century between Trecastle and Llandovery.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-15480650|title = Facelift for A40 Victorian drink-drive warning pillar|work = BBC News|date = 31 October 2011}}</ref> The village was extended in 1960 to 1970s but maintains its linear pattern. It is now known for its [[antique]] trade.