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Painscastle Castle

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in 1208 and was forced to flee the kingdom. King John held his lands and castles until Painscastle was apparently occupied by
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8 miles to the north and also besieged Painscastle, but did not actually take it as terms were agreed. In 1198
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raised a large army to besiege the castle, but was heavily defeated by an army led by the Justiciar,
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The castle remained in Welsh hands until about 1195 when the area was captured by
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Painscastle was refortified yet again at the time of the Welsh rebellion led by
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until his death in 1222. The Welsh then transferred their allegiance back to
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in 1265. Another Ralph Tosny was able to recover and rebuild it in 1276.
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in which Painscastle stands, was taken over by the native Welsh ruler,
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Little now remains of the castle other than the massive earthworks.
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fort, so naturally defensible. The ground plan is rectangular and
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Painscastle, aerial view, with motte and bailey castle (to left)
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and the castle was attacked and destroyed by the Welsh.
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The first castle would appear to have been built by
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Index


castle
Painscastle
Powys
Builth
Hay-on-Wye
Wales-England border
Pain fitzJohn
Roman
Roman
artifacts
Welsh
Elfael
Madog ab Idnerth
William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber
Maud de Braose
Rhys ap Gruffudd
Deheubarth
Marcher Lords
Radnor
Gwenwynwyn ab Owain
Powys
Geoffrey fitz Peter
Hay on Wye
John of England
Iorwerth Clud
Elfael
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
Henry III of England
Hubert de Burgh

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