Pennard Castle
(c) ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Pennard Castle er ruinen af en borg nær landsbyen Pennard på Gowerhalvøen i det sydlige Wales.
Borgen blev oprindeligt opført i 1100-tallet som et voldsted med tømmerpalisader efter den normanniske invasion af Wales. Murene blev genopført i sten af Braose-familien overgangen til 1400-tallet, og her blev også opført en portbygning af sten.[1] Få år senere gjorden vandreklitter dog at området blev forladt, og borgen gik i forfald.
I 1900-tallet blev ruinen restaurereret, og borgen er i dag en listed building af 2. grad.[2]
Se også
Referencer
- ^ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 1991, s. 293, 295;"Historic Wales Report", Historic Wales, hentet 30. april 2016
- ^ "Pennard Castle", www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk., British Listed Buildings, hentet 29. april 2016
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Koordinater: 51°34′36″N 4°06′09″V / 51.5766°N 4.10253°V
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(c) ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castell Pennard. There was a previous earth and wood ringwork castle here built early C12 which was superseded in late C13/early C14 by this stone castle. It commanded an excellent position on the edge of Pennard Pill and was matched by another on the opposite side of the valley, but the castle was inexpertly constructed for military defence. After only a hundred years or so it surrendered to a natural foe, the encroaching wind-borne sands. Legend tells that this was the result of the castle's Norman baron disrupting the revels of the Telwyth teg (fairy folk) down on the beach below.
(c) ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castell Pennard. There was a previous earth and wood ringwork castle here built early C12 which was superseded in late C13/early C14 by this stone castle. It commanded an excellent position on the edge of Pennard Pill and was matched by another on the opposite side of the valley, but the castle was inexpertly constructed for military defence. After only a hundred years or so it surrendered to a natural foe, the encroaching wind-borne sands. Legend tells that this was the result of the castle's Norman baron disrupting the revels of the Telwyth teg (fairy folk) down on the beach below.