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Raglan Castle

Raglan, Monmouthshire

One of the last castles to hold out for the king in the Civil War.

Raglan was built in the 1400s as much to show off as to defend, with a great hexagonal tower surrounded by its own moat. In 1646 it was besieged for thirteen weeks and was one of the last castles in Britain to hold out for Charles I.

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When
Besieged 1646
Where
51.7700, -2.8500
Group
Castles & abbeys

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