Hay Castle
N 52° 04.452 W 003° 07.559
30U E 491365 N 5769298
A blue plaque marking the site of a Norman Castle
Waymark Code: WMB5B4
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/07/2011
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The plaque says " HAY CASTLE The building of the Norman part took place between 1200 and 1211 during the tenure of the Lordship of Hay by William de Breos.
Prince Llewelyn burned the castle in 1231, it was rebuilt by Henry 3rd in 1233.
The Jacobean Manor House on the western side was built between 1600 and 1650 by Howell Gwynne.
Two severe fires damaged the manor house in 1939 and 1977.
The Warren Conservation Committee 1994 "
Recent controversy surrounds the age of the wooden door, two other castles in the country, have doors of a similar age, but which is the oldest ?
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