Ewyas Harold Castle
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Ewyas Harold Castle was in the village of Ewyas Harold which is in the Golden Valley in Herefordshire near to the Welsh border, about half way between the towns of Abergavenny and Hereford (grid reference SO385287).
The first castle on this site is believed to be one of the few which were built before the Norman conquest, probably in 1048, on the site of an earlier fortification, possibly by Osbern Pentecost. It was a motte and bailey castle overlooking the Dulas Brook. In 1052 the original castle was destroyed either on the orders of Earl Godwin or by the Welsh. Following the Norman invasion the castle was rebuilt by William Fitz Osbern, Earl of Hereford. In 1100 a priory was founded within the bailey of the castle. The castle fell into decay until the early 15th century. It was then in the possesison of William Beauchamp, Lord of Abergavenny, who refortified it in the face of the threat from Owain Glyndŵr. However it then fell into ruin again.
Today only earthworks remain.
[edit] References
- Ewyas Harold Castle
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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