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Abergavenny Castle
Ruined castle in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Castle electoral ward of Abergavenny, see Castle (Abergavenny ward).
Abergavenny Castle (Welsh: Castell y Fenni) is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun c. 1087. It was the site of a massacre of Welsh noblemen in 1175, and was attacked during the early 15th-century Glyndŵr Rising. William Camden, the 16th-century antiquary, said that the castle "has been oftner stain'd with the infamy of treachery, than any other castle in Wales."[1]
Quick Facts Abergaveny Castle, Coordinates ...
Abergaveny Castle | |
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Abergaveny, Monmouthshire, Wales | |
![]() Interior of the surviving curtain wall and four-storey tower, looking west from inside the castle grounds | |
Coordinates | 51.82002°N 3.017647°W / 51.82002; -3.017647 |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Condition | Ruins |
Site history | |
Battles/wars | Glyndŵr Rising, 1404 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 1952 |
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It has been a Grade I listed building since 1952.