CILGERRAN CASTLE - CEREDIGION / WALES 2017

CILGERRAN CASTLE - CEREDIGION / WALES 2017

A slate stone build castle. An earth and timber castle was probably established soon after 1100, but the present castle dates mainly from the 13th and 14th CE. In 1223 Gilgerran was captured by William Marshal the younger, earl of Pembroke; he and his successors set about rebuilding the castle in its present form. It consists of two enclosures: the outer ward, containing auxiliary buildings, was entered by a small gatehouse; the main inner ward was separated from it by wide rock-cut ditch.

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