Wales · 11th century
Abergavenny Castle (Welsh: Castell y Fenni) is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun c. 1087. It was the site of a massacre of Welsh noblemen in 1175, and was attacked during the early 15th-century Glyndŵr Rising. William Camden, the 16th-century antiquary, said that the castle "has been oftner stain'd with the infamy of treachery, than any other castle in Wales." It has been a Grade I listed building since 1952.
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Abergavenny Castle ranks #3,000 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #54 of the 107 mapped in Wales. Founded 1087, it is older than 87% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,425 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cardiff, 39 km away. See how Wales compares in the castle statistics.
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