Benton Castle (Rating: 4.00 Votes: 13) Rate It! - Report bad link
A fair amount of the structure of Benton Castle remains, and its original character is traceable, showing it to have been a very small enclosure castle
with a round keep, and another round tower on the exposed side.
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Bishop's Moat (Rating: 4.60 Votes: 10) Rate It! - Report bad link
Bishop's Moat is a 6m high motte, 13m across it's top; the motte stands on the west side of a 100 x 65m bailey. The site was founded by the Bishop of Hereford
around 1120, and may have been captured by Llywelyn ab Iorwerth in 1233.
(Added: 3-Dec-1998 Hits: 2800)
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Blaenllyfni Castle (Rating: 6.40 Votes: 5) Rate It! - Report bad link
This centre of the Fitz Herbert Barony of 1208, was probably constructed in the years 1208 to 1215, after which it fell into the hands of the Braose family. It was returned to the fitz Herberts in 1217/8 and was sacked by Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and Richard Marshall in October of 1233.
(Added: 3-Dec-1998 Hits: 1977)
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Brecon Castle (Rating: 6.82 Votes: 6) Rate It! - Report bad link
The Brecon Beacons and the Brecon area have a long history of human habitation. Brecon castle and town are Norman in origin. The castle came first and was the creation of Bernard de Neufmarche.
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Bronllys Castle (Rating: 5.80 Votes: 5) Rate It! - Report bad link
This former Norman fortress seems compact, squashed into the property that once formed the baileys of the castle. The 80 foot tall masonry keep crowns a massive mound, the motte, and is still foreboding even in ruin,
as it looms directly overhead and appears ready to topple over in your way.
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Builth Castle (Rating: 6.50 Votes: 4) Rate It! - Report bad link
Builth Castle is an anomaly amongst Edward's mighty fortresses. That it has survived is something of a miracle. That it contains none of the original stonework is a great loss, for like its sisters, not only was Builth Castle a masterpiece of medieval architecture, it also played a significant role in Welsh history.
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Builth Wells Castles (Rating: 3.00 Votes: 4) Rate It! - Report bad link
The earthwork at Caer Beris seems to represent the first castle in the cantref of Buellt, probably built by Philip Braose in 1093.
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Caer Penrhos (Rating: 5.50 Votes: 2) Rate It! - Report bad link
Caer Penrhos is a superbly-sited, magnificent ringwork castle, apparently built within an earlier Iron Age hillfort, which has been used as a bailey.
(Added: 13-Dec-1998 Hits: 1605)
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Caerau Castle (Rating: 5.50 Votes: 4) Rate It! - Report bad link
Here, a ringwork, a variant of the motte-and-bailey, was placed within an Iron Age hillfort.
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Caergwrle Castle (Rating: 6.83 Votes: 6) Rate It! - Report bad link
he masonry castle, on the highest point of the hill,
was probably first built by Dafydd ap Gruffydd, in
lands given him by Edward I after the first Welsh campaign of 1277.
(Added: 13-Dec-1998 Hits: 1756)
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