Raglan Castle
Sep. 12th, 2020 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitAfter our visit to Chepstow Castle a three weeks ago I decided to join CADW (the Welsh Government's historic environment service), who this year, due to Covid are offering half price membership, and with travel restricted it seemed the ideal opportunity for visiting some Welsh castles etc. Then annofowlshire mentioned in her blog about Raglan Castle and I realised it's only about an hour away from us, so yesterday we took advantage of our membership and went to take a look.
Raglan Castle isn't as old as Chepstow, having been begun in the 1460s, although there was some form of building in place before. The castle reached its greatest point in the Elizabethan period, until it was partially destroyed in 1646 during the Civil War.
It still looks very impressive:
I was particularly taken by some of the carvings:
Definitely a good trip
annofowlshire mentioned in her blog about Raglan Castle and I realised it's only about an hour away from us, so yesterday we took advantage of our membership and went to take a look.Raglan Castle isn't as old as Chepstow, having been begun in the 1460s, although there was some form of building in place before. The castle reached its greatest point in the Elizabethan period, until it was partially destroyed in 1646 during the Civil War.
It still looks very impressive:
I was particularly taken by some of the carvings:
Definitely a good trip
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