Wales · Ruin
Abergavenny Castle
Abergavenny Castle is a medieval Norman castle ruin in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, founded c.1087 and substantially rebuilt in stone from the late 12th century. The site retains high stretches of 12th–14th-century curtain wall, tower bases and the earthwork motte, and today stands as a Grade I listed ruin overlooking the Usk valley. The site once contained a keep, gatehouse, great hall, chapel, kitchens and cellars.
First raised
1087
Its prime
1314
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1314
The shape it held in its prime.
Compact castle complex of local Old Red Sandstone: a high continuous 12th–14th-century curtain wall punctuated by five projecting towers (including a circular and a polygonal western tower), a substantial stone keep sited on the motte, and a fortified gatehouse with outer barbican guarding the approach across a surrounding ditch. Domestic ranges and service buildings lie against the inner face of the curtain; roofs are timber, walls show regularly spaced arrow-slits and crenellated parapets.
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10 places to explore in 1314.
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