Castle Trips

Here are some links useful for the Castles Project:

Castles in Wales Websites

Raglan and Goodrich PowerPoint

Here are some photographs taken on trips to castles organised by the History Department.
More photos and information can be found on the We-Learn site.

Alternatively you can download the Photos in a Word document.

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Fountain Court. The Grand part of the Castle first built by William Herbert.

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Apartments in the Fountain courtyard. Note the evidence of accommodation, fireplaces and windows.

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The Great Tower. Having been slighted by Cromwell after the defeat of Raglan.

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The Great Hall. You can see the Oriel window added during the Tudor era.

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The South Gate built by ap Thomas.

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Artists impression of the Long Gallery

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Reconstruction of a gunport.

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Impression of the destruction of the Great Tower

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Artists impression of the Fountain Court.

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Artists impression of the Gardens from around 1620.

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The entrance to the castle, built by William Herbert.

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Artists impression of the Great Hall.

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Long Gallery at Haddon Hall. It is from here that we can get some idea of what Raglan’s Long Gallery would have looked like.
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Mortar as used in the defeat of Raglan
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An impression of the Castle as it would have been around 1620.
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A. shows the position of the remains of defensive earthworks.

B. Shows the position of the gun batteries used to attack Raglan whilst it was under siege during the Civil War.
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Artists impression of the Great Tower, under William Herbert.
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The North West walls. You can see the change in building materials that reflects the changing fortunes of the family.
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The Great Tower as it would have appeared after
William Ap Thomas first built it.
   

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