Aberedw Castles (Rating: 4.26 Votes: 43) Rate It! - Report bad link
t is not possible to date accurately the motte castle at Aberedw. It may possibly have been founded by the
Baskervilles, operating under the Tosnys, around 1093 when the Normans launched a concerted invasion of South Wales.
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Abergavenny Castle (Rating: 6.78 Votes: 29) Rate It! - Report bad link
Enough remains of this castle to show that it must have been impressive indeed, with very high walls which the 16th-century historian Leland said were "likely not to fall."
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Aberlleiniog Motte (Rating: 5.74 Votes: 8) Rate It! - Report bad link
A fine motte with a hint of a bailey to the south. This one is a documented Norman castle, built by Hugh de Avranches.
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Aberystwyth Castle (Rating: 6.54 Votes: 39) Rate It! - Report bad link
Long before the Normans began their extensive castle-building program, which ultimately resulted in the subjugation of Wales (at least in theory), the promontory site now occupied by modern Aberystwyth
was recognized for its defensive qualities.
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Acton Burnell Castle (Rating: 5.61 Votes: 10) Rate It! - Report bad link
Tucked away in a quite backwater of Shropshire stand
the remains of a thirteenth century fortified manor house at Acton Burnell.
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Anglo-Norman Castles (Rating: 4.82 Votes: 16) Rate It! - Report bad link
This site lists the ongoing work of Paul Martin Remfry in chronicling and recording the great mass of castles in England, Wales and Normandy from original site research and the study of original documentation. Includes photographs, site descriptions, castle histories and general historical and archaeological essays with much essentual information on Medieval Britain.
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Aston Castles (Rating: 4.56 Votes: 9) Rate It! - Report bad link
The two castles at Aston stand roughly half way between the centres of two baronies, Wigmore 4 miles to the west and Ludlow 3 miles to the east.
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Barry Castle (Rating: 3.47 Votes: 15) Rate It! - Report bad link
This small, two-storey gatehouse and the adjacent walls of a hall, now pleasantly landscaped and restored, are all that remain of the seat of the de Barry family.
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Beaumaris Castle (Rating: 7.98 Votes: 93) Rate It! - Report bad link
Beaumaris, begun in 1295, was the last and largest of the castles to be built by King Edward I in Wales.
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Beaupre Castle (Rating: 7.09 Votes: 22) Rate It! - Report bad link
Old Beaupre was a medieval and then Tudor manor house, built around two courtyards. The medieval part, dating from about 1300, consisted of a group of buildings
loosely arranged around the southernmost, or inner court.
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