Castles · Abergavenny
Abergavenny Castle
Grade I listed building in Abergavenny. Ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
- TypeCastles
- WhereAbergavenny, United Kingdom
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About Abergavenny Castle
Abergavenny Castle (Welsh: Castell y Fenni) is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun c. 1087. It was the site of a massacre of Welsh noblemen in 1175, and was attacked during the early 15th-century Glyndŵr Rising. William Camden, the 16th-century antiquary, said that the castle "has been oftner stain'd with the infamy of treachery, than any other castle in Wales." It has been a Grade I listed building since 1952.
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Big Pit National Coal MuseumMuseums · Blaenavon · 8 km away
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Raglan CastleCastles · Monmouth · 12.8 km away
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Blaenavon Industrial LandscapeUNESCO World Heritage · Blaenavon · 7.5 km away
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Abergavenny BridgeBridges · Abergavenny · 800 m away
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Monmouth CastleCastles · Monmouth · 20.7 km away
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