Crickhowell Castle
| Crickhowell Castle | ||
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 Crickhowell Castle ruins |
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| Alternative name (s): | Alisby's Castle | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Crickhowell | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 51 '26.6 " N , 3 ° 8' 16.1" W | |
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Crickhowell Castle is the ruin of a castle in Wales . The ruin, protected as a Grade I cultural monument and a Scheduled Monument , is located in the middle of the town of Crickhowell in Powys .
history
The castle was built as earth and wood fortifications after the Norman conquest of Brycheiniog in the early 12th century, possibly by Robert de Turberville , a vassal of Bernard de Neufmarché . The castle remained in the Turberville family's possession for over 150 years . Around 1272 Hugh de Turberville had the stone Shell Keep and the curtain wall built around the outer bailey. After his death in 1293, the castle fell to Sir Grimbald Pauncefote , who married Turberville's daughter Sybil . In the 14th century the castle came into the possession of Roger Mortimer . The castle is also called Alisby's Castle after Gerald Alisby , a commander from that time . In 1402 the castle fell to Sir John Pauncefote , a great-grandson of Grimbald Pauncefote. On the order of the king he had the fortifications against the rebels of Owain Glyndŵr renewed, but the castle was captured and destroyed by the rebels in 1403. In the 15th century the castle passed to Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke , but the fortifications were probably never restored after the destruction. In 1463 King Edward IV granted Crickhowell as an independent rule to Herbert, who rose to become Marcher Lord . In the 16th century the castle was finally considered to be in ruins and served as a quarry for the surrounding borough. On July 19, 1963, the remains of the castle were placed under protection as a cultural monument.
investment
The castle was built as a motte-and-bailey complex on a hill east of the valley of the River Usk . Little remains of the stone shell keep on top of the Motte have survived. The outer bailey was also surrounded by a stone wall with several towers. Only two larger remains of the wall remain from this fortification. One section of the wall is part of a large tower at the southeast corner of the castle, where the outer bailey merges into the Motte. The second part of the wall is part of the gate on the southwest corner of the outer bailey. The gatehouse was once lined with two round towers, of which even larger remains have been preserved from one tower.
The remains of the castle are located in the center of the city and are freely accessible as a park or playground.
Web links
- British Listed Buildings: Crickhowell Castle (remains of)
- Castles of Wales: Crickhowell Castle
- Castles Forts Battles: Crickhowell Castle
Individual evidence
- ^ RA Griffiths: Herbert, William, first earl of Pembroke (c.1423–1469). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004