Sycharth
| Sycharth Castle | ||
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 The castle hill of Sycharth |
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| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Conservation status: | Castle site | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 49 '28.2 " N , 3 ° 10' 44.5" W | |
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Sycharth is a former castle in Powys in north east Wales . The castle site, protected as a Scheduled Monument , is located in the village of Llansilin not far from the Welsh-English border.
history
It is believed that the Normans erected a moth during the Norman conquest of north Wales in the early 12th century . Around 1300 Madog ap Gruffydd Fychan, a son of Gruffydd Fychan and thus a descendant of the princes of Powys Fadog , inherited the lordship of Cynllaith . Instead of the old castle, a wooden mansion was built near Sycharth, which became the headquarters of his family. Madog grandson Owain Glyndŵr was in 1400 in Glyndyfrdwy to Prince of Wales proclaimed and began a rebellion against English rule in Wales . On November 30, 1402, his daughter Catherine married the captured nobleman Edmund Mortimer in Sycharth , who had finally changed sides. In May 1403, the entire property was burned down during an English punitive expedition under Prince Harry of Monmouth . The property was not rebuilt, and Owain Glyndŵr's residence was the conquered Harlech Castle .
The castle site was archaeologically examined in 1962, but the excavations brought only a few remains of the medieval manor house to light.
investment
The place consists of a tree-lined round moth and an oval outer bailey to the southwest. In the west flows the Afon Cynllaith , in the south-west there is a farmhouse from the 18th century.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ancient Monuments: Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle. Retrieved August 12, 2014 .