Montgomery Castle - Mid Wales UK 1 of 3

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The original motte and bailey is now known as Hen Domen and was built at the order of Roger de Montgomery, earl of Shrewsbury some time between 1071 and 1074. On the rebellion of his son, Robert of Belleme in 1102 the castle was given to Baldwin de Boul...ers. It is from Baldwin that Montgomery gets its Welsh name, Trefaldwyn (Baldwins town). The de Boulers (Bowdler) family held the castle until 1215 when the fortress was destroyed by Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth. The motte and bailey was subsequently refortified as an outpost for the new stone castle and probably survived until around 1300.

The Stone Castle

The rebuilding of Montgomery Castle in stone was commenced in the late summer of 1223 on the sixteenth birthday of Henry III of England, a mile to the south-east of the original site. The architect of the new castle was Hubert de Burgh who also rebuilt Skenfrith Castle, Grosmont Castle and White Castle in the Welsh Marches. From 1223 until 1228 masons worked solidly building the entire inner ward, or donjon as it was then known on a great rock above the later town of Montgomery. This work consisted of the gatehouse, two D-shaped towers and the apartments which crowded around the curtain wall of the inner ward. After an unsuccessful attack by Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth in 1228 the middle and outer wards were added to the castle. The castle was again attacked in 1233 which resulted in damage to the Well Tower which had to be subsequently repaired and re-roofed.

In 1267 Montgomery was the meeting place for treaty negotiations, where King Henry III granted Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the title of prince of Wales. Fifteen years later in December 1282 the army of Montgomery marched from here to Builth Wells to surprise and kill Llywelyn. After 1295 and the final Welsh War of the thirteenth century the castle became more of a military backwater and prison than a front line fortress.

Montgomery was granted a Royal Charter by the King in 1227, making it the oldest borough in Wales.

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[MrWelshrover]

great vid really enjoy ur travels

[Starfirephoenix1]

@MrWelshrover Glad ya liked it Mr Welsh..yea Montgomery is a nice area, very beautiful.. after that went to Gilgrin Red Kite Cente..it up there sowhere..a bit shakey though on high zom

I bought a helmet cam 2 days agoo..but lol i dropped it in water i the sinkk.On lifting my visor it goes twang, across the kitchen.landined in the full sink of water doh !

Its dried out but now I can'rt load its drivers ..workin on it :)

[excaliburgc]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

[Starfirephoenix1]

@excaliburgc Thank you very much Excalibur :D It makes it even more fun when youve ridden there, ejoyed the roads around here, got to the caslte , filmed it , and upload it..then get nice people like yourself who can be bothered to say Hey ! and Hi and stuff LOL Cheers :) Sharing Experience is where it's at , we all share and learn. And we make the worls better for it :)

[prami2]

i remember that i was picking up the blackberry 10yrs ago in manchester!

[toodles908]

well okay then your in the royal family then part of the british monarchy then why are you in the usa my family came here from wales to start a new life with out war and religious percicution by the way say hi to the queen i have her family tree stretches back a thousand years and try not to typo practice makes pefect

[toodles908]

thats totaly cool thanks its cool to see where my geat grrrrrrrrr parents were in that century it astounds me how brutal life was then i have along history of tudors and princes and that king of wales in the past i cant thank you enough for the great footage of places ill never see for real thanks keep doing it

[scotty101fun]

I am a decendent from king Charles the 1st, a direct line, I am related to all the royal mintgomerys in a direct line :)