page_title: Abergavenny Castle
section_title: 15th to 17th centuries
hierarchical_section_title: Abergavenny Castle / History / 15th to 17th centuries
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context_page_description: Abergavenny Castle is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun c. 1087. It was the site of a massacre of Welsh noblemen in 1175, and was attacked during the early 15th-century Glyndŵr Rising. William Camden, the 16th-century antiquary, said that the castle "has been oftner stain'd with the infamy of treachery, than any other castle in Wales."
  It has been a Grade I listed building since 1952.
context_section_description: In 1404, during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, the town of Abergavenny was sacked and burned by Welsh forces. The fortified, or barbican, gatehouse — described by architectural historian John Newman as "unimpressive" — may date from either just before, or just after, that date.
  No lord took up residence at the castle after the 15th century. During the English Civil War, as the Roundheads neared the castle, Charles I ordered a slighting of the castle to prevent its useful occupation. Most of the castle buildings, including the stone keep, were destroyed. Raglan Castle was similarly damaged.  Stone from the site was taken thereafter, to be used for other buildings.
caption: J. Hassell, Abergavenny Castle, drawing and engraving, 1807.
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