Today we look at Raglan Castle in the Brecon Beacons. ‘For a brief time at the turn of the 16th century, Wales led Britain as landfall of the European renaissance. Supreme was Raglan,’ wrote Simon ...

Just outside of foodie hotspot Abergavenny lies the 'grandest castle ever built by Welshmen'—Castell Rhaglan (Raglan Castle). This grand, half-ruined castle was once home to a young Henry Tudor ...

Raglan Castle, a magnificent Tudor-period sandstone structure, was not built specifically as a defence as the other great castles of Wales had been. Instead, it was designed mainly as a statement ...

One of the best examples of a siege and its aftermath in Wales is that which occurred in the summer of 1646 at Raglan Castle in Monmouthshire. The story of the siege, given from three different ...

It's not so much a focal point as a fortification. Which is what it once was, having been removed slab by slab from nearby Raglan Castle, after it was captured and destroyed by Parliamentarian ...

Mon 5 Feb 10.41am • It was Sir William ap Thomas, known as the ‘blue knight of Gwent’, who created the moated Great Tower of 1435 that still dominates this mighty fortress-palace.

We look at the remarkable story of Raglan Castle, near Abergavenny, by delving into the Country Life archive. Every Tuesday, we look back through the archives of Country Life to find interesting tales ...

This grand, half-ruined castle was once home to a young Henry Tudor, who would become Henry VII, the king of England from 1485 to 1509. As a lad, he was sent to Raglan Castle to be raised by Sir ...