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Pencelli Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Penkelly; Pengelli; Pencelly
In the community of Talybont-on-usk.
In the historic county of Brecknockshire (Modern authority
of Powys, preserved county of Powys).
Pencelli castle was probably built in the late C11 by Ralph Baskerville. As such it may have seen service during the war of 1093 to 1099. Robert, the last Baskerville lord of Pencelli, seems to have died around 1210, perhaps as a victim of William Braose's war that occurred in Central Wales that summer. Robert's lands then passed through his daughters to the Le Wafre family, but were seized by Reginald Braose. The Le Wafre's regained it, but lost the castle to rebel and Welsh forces in 1233. The castle was rebuilt and probably taken again in 1262. It was recovered by 1273, after which the twin towered gatehouse might have been built by Roger Mortimer Junior who had acquired the castle probably through his father's agency. The fortress was seized by the king in 1322 and probably fell into decay soon afterwards. Today the ruins of the great square keep can still be made out behind the hotel which itself dates to 1584.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry foundations remains.
This site is a
Not known if listed listed
building protected by law*.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid
Reference is SO09492496
National Monuments Record number; 305735
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 935
- Web site links
- Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of Mid Wales (Malvern) p30
Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p18
Remfry, Paul, 1998. Castles of Breconshire (Logaston Press) p123-4
Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p118
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p20
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p371-2
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol2 p357
- Journal Articles
- Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
King, D.J.C., 1961, ‘The castles of Breconshire’ Brycheiniog Vol7 p79-80
Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp90-121
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