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Raglan Castle

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00814g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Raglan
Unitary authority : Monmouthshire
NGR : SO4143308324
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Castle
Status : Site Cared for by the State

Summary :
Raglan Castle is one of the best known masonry castles in Wales, and was probably not built before 1250 with no evidence pointing to a pre-existing earth work

Description :
Phillips notes that Raglan Castle is one of the best known masonry castles in Wales, and was probably not built before 1250 with no evidence pointing to a pre-existing earth work at Raglan (Phillips 2004).

The castle was accessed by way of the grand terrace. It was an architecturally designed space, which was intended to show the strength of the house of Worcester. The Warl's apartments in the castle would have overlooked this space, as he was housed above the grand entrance of the castle. The grand terrace constituted of a triangular courtyard, focusing on the grand entrance way (Clark, 2005).

Evidence gathered during an archaeological excavation by Cambrian Archaeological Projects Ltd for Cadw in 2006 prior to the construction of a new visitor centre at raglan Castle showed that there was increased building and landscaping activity in the early 17th century both inside and outside the white Gate. This activity ceased at the end of the Civil War (Smith CE, 2006).

Sources :
Clark, A. , 2005 , RAGLAN CASTLE, MONMOUTHSHIRE, WALES, NP15. COUNTY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE. A LANDSCAPE SURVEY. ( © Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA))
Connors, O. J. , 2013 , The Effects of Anglo-Norman Lordship upon the Landscape of Post-Conquest Monmouthshire
Phillips, N. , 2004 , Thesis: Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050 - 1250
Sorrell. J. , 2017 , Hidden History: Archaeology from the air in South-East Wales
The Handley Partnership , HAAbase built heritage assessment system: Buildings at Risk database
01/PM Note/1974/Briggs CS/Arch in Wales p43 no77
02/Desc Text/Cadw/Full Management Report/2007/Copy in further information file.

Events :
E000941 : Stone Inventory, Raglan Castle (year : 2008)
E003598 : Evaluation at Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire 2009 (year : 2009)
E004063 : Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050 - 1250 (year : 2004)
E005626 : Raglan Castle Visitor Centre, Monmouthshire (year : 2006)
E005163 : RAGLAN CASTLE (year : 2005)
E008425 : Raglan Enterprise Park, Chepstow Road, Raglan, Monmouthshire (year : 2020)
E006731 : Raglan Castle, Raglan, Monmouthshire (year : 2021)
E008773 : GGAT52: Monmouthshire Historic Settlements, Caldicot & Raglan (year : 1999)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 93387 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93387/details
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 815-21G
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 3603G

Compiled date : 02-04-1988


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