Wales · Partial ruin
Raglan Castle
Raglan Castle is a late medieval fortified residence in Monmouthshire, Wales, developed between the 15th and early 17th centuries by the Herbert and Somerset families. It combined strong polygonal towers and curtain walls with extensive gardens, water features and grand domestic ranges. The castle was besieged and deliberately slighted in 1646 and thereafter partly quarried; today it survives as a substantial romantic ruin and tourist site.
Its prime
1639
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1639
The shape it held in its prime.
A large late-medieval stone castle set in parkland and water gardens, dominated by a hexagonal Great Tower (the Yellow Tower of Gwent) and a massive south gatehouse flanked by polygonal towers with pronounced corbelled machicolations and crenellated parapets. Continuous curtain walls link ranges of domestic buildings, with paved courts, terraces and a surrounding moat and fishponds. At its prime the roofs, parapets and internal halls were complete and the gardens and avenues were laid out around the complex.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1639.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Raglan Castle — including 5 interiors: gatehouse passage, great tower machinery chamber, great hall and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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