Bleddfa Castle
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Bleddfa Castle was a motte and bailey structure near Llangunllo, in modern-day Powys
, Wales
. It is believed to have been built before 1195 and is said to have been abandoned by 1304. What remains today is described as a "mutilated oval mound" containing some traces of masonry surrounded by a rectangular bailey.
The first record of Bleddfa appears in 1195, when Hugh de Say was licensed by Richard I to refortify the castle and a square tower. In 1262 the castle was captured and razed by Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, who wrested it from the control of the Mortimers. In 1304, Edward I began allowing material from the castle, which had long since been destroyed, to be used to build a church tower nearby, which was itself destroyed by the Welsh in 1403.
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It is believed to have been built before 1195 and is said to have been abandoned by 1304. What remains today is described as a "mutilated oval mound" containing some traces of masonry surrounded by a rectangular bailey.
The first record of Bleddfa appears in 1195, when Hugh de Say was licensed by Richard I to refortify the castle and a square tower. In 1262 the castle was captured and razed by Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, who wrested it from the control of the Mortimers. In 1304, Edward I began allowing material from the castle, which had long since been destroyed, to be used to build a church tower nearby, which was itself destroyed by the Welsh in 1403.