Where is Ewyas Harold Castle?

Ewyas Harold Castle is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.9533°, -2.8960°.

Castles · Mid Wales

Ewyas Harold Castle

Ewyas Harold Castle in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

Steps up to a public footpath at the western edge of Ewyas Harold - geograph.org.uk - 5655813 — Jaggery — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Ewyas Harold Castle is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Ewyas Harold Castle was a castle in the village of Ewyas Harold in Herefordshire, England.

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Background

History

The first castle on the site is believed to be one of the very few which were built under the Saxons before the Norman Conquest. This structure was likely raised in 1048, possibly by Osbern Pentecost, on the site of an earlier fortification, likely a Saxon burg built during the 10th century. 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 in a raid. Following the Norman Conquest and invasion of the area the castle was rebuilt by William Fitz Osbern, Earl of Hereford. In 1086, the Domesday Book recorded: <blockquote>In the jurisdiction of the castle of Ewyas Harold, Roger holds of…

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