Pictured are the substantial remains of thirteenth-century castle of Hubert de Burgh at Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales raised on an earlier motte. It
Grosmont Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK protected by Welsh Heritage agency Cadw. It was established by the Normans after 1066, to protect the route from Wales to Hereford. It was originally an earthwork but after a major Welsh revolt took place in response King Stephen brought together Grosmont Castle and its sister fortifications of Skenfrith and White Castle to form a lordship known as the "Three Castles". King John gave the castle to a powerful royal official, Hubert de Burgh, in 1201. It overlooks Grosmont village originally comprising an inner and an outer ward, but the latter has been encroached upon by local gardens. The inner ward forms a stone castle with a gatehouse, two circular mural towers, a hall and a north accommodation block, all being protected by a ditch. The gatehouse was originally a two-storey, rectangular tower with a buttressed drawbridge pit, the north block has a distinctive octagonal chimney with a carved top. The hall block is a pilaster-buttressed, two-storey building.
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Location: Grosmont, Abergavenny, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Chapman / Alamy / Afripics
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