Tretower Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Roger Picard I or John Picard replaced the timber stronghold with a stone shell keep probably around 1150, giving Tretower the durable edge it needed in the Welsh marches. Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, smashed that advantage in 1233, forcing the next Roger Picard to rebuild with a cylindrical keep and stone outer bailey. The castle then entered a long life of ownership, war and adaptation, surviving the Welsh uprising of Owain Glyndŵr and passing through several families before becoming a ruin.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Tretower Castle as Castle from the Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Tretower Castle was built in the late 13th or early 14th century by the de Clavering family, a prominent Norman lineage in the Welsh Marches. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a medieval Marcher lord's castle and is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument managed by Cadw.

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