Raglan Castle Wales, England

[Medusa]

If these walls could talk..............

Id be the first to listen.

It's an amazing place Eugene, so vast and so empty but full of energy and spirits..............

[Eugene66]

If these walls could talk..............

Id be the first to listen.

[Medusa]

Raglan Castle, near Usk in South Wales, was "one of the last true castles ever to have been built in England and Wales". It has been called one of the finest late-medieval buildings in the British Isles. The castle site is still dominated by the ruins of the Great Tower, originally built by Sir William ap Thomas who ha...d fought at the Battle of Agincourt. This massive tower was designed as a place of last resort in the first half of the 15th century and its gradual additions made it virtually impregnable. Much more of the original tower would be visible today were it not for the "slighting" by the parliamentarian forces after the siege of Raglan Castle in 1646.

The Great Tower was partly destroyed by artillery during the siege, but when Raglan was surrendered near the end of the Civil War, a decision was made to demolish the Tower completely. Men were set to work with pickaxes in an attempt to destroy it from the top. This failed, however and two sides were undermined until these partially collapsed. The impressive remains still stand - testimony to the great building skills of the day


Fantastic castle to see, as you are walking up towards it..............so over powering and wellming at times !!













(Will come back to this as am going to work in a bit)

But here's the link to morepics of this wicked castle ......................

http://s485.photobucket.com/albums/rr215/twistedsister666_photo/Raglan%20Castle%20Wales/