Editing Radyr (section)

===Norman occupation and Middle Ages===
[[File:Motte and Bailey at Radyr.JPG|thumb|right|Radyr motte and moat viewed from top]]
The Norman [[motte-and-bailey|motte]] in the "mound field" is a flat-topped mound {{convert|30|m|-1}} in diameter at the base and {{convert|3.8|m}} high, surrounded by a ditch {{convert|7|m}} wide. An adjoining [[Ward (fortification)|bailey]] to east of the motte could indicate the boundary between Norman and Welsh land.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Welshsites/430.html|title=Morganstown Motte |access-date=19 June 2008}}</ref> The motte was surrounded by a timber [[palisade]] around a wooden [[keep]] and formed part of a defensive line with similar mottes at [[Thornhill, Cardiff|Thornhill]] and Whitchurch.<ref name=TC&G>{{cite book|last=New Horizons History Group |title=Twixt Chain and Gorge |url=http://www.radyr.org.uk/pdf_files/twixt.pdf |publisher=Shadowfax Publishing, Radyr |year=1991 |isbn=0-9514887-4-0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719200957/http://www.radyr.org.uk/pdf_files/twixt.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> The early settlement that became Radyr developed around the Norman church and manor house in what is now [[Danescourt]]. Surveys in 1307 describe an agricultural hamlet surrounded by [[arable land|arable]] fields.<ref name=TC&G/> The 14th century Welsh Lord of Radyr, Cynwrig ap Hywel, followed by his descendants, farmed the area until it was devastated by the [[Black Death]] and by battles between the [[Marcher Lords]] in 14th and 15th centuries when the whole area was laid waste.<ref name=TC&G/>