What is recorded here
Rompney Castle Inn, Rumney is a castle, fort or tower in Cardiff, Wales. Perhaps travellers drank ale beneath stones that watched the river for centuries. Maybe the inn kept warm while the castle forgot its own name. Imagine a chamber where both claims still argue.
A named place photographed at this map point in Cardiff.
Rompney Castle, later known as the Rompney Castle Inn, was originally built in the 14th century, likely by the de Rompney family, and is remembered as a historic site in the Rumney area of Cardiff, reflecting medieval defensive architecture in the region.
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Photo: John Thorn · CC BY-SA 2.0