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Raglan castle is used for the set of Isle of the Blessed, which is located in Wales. The Isle of the Blessed is where the priestesses of the Old Religion practised magic. It is said it is where magic began.

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  • Raglan Castle
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  • Raglan castle is used for the set of Isle of the Blessed, which is located in Wales. The Isle of the Blessed is where the priestesses of the Old Religion practised magic. It is said it is where magic began.
  • Raglan Castle () is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th-centuries, when the successive ruling families of the Herberts and the Somersets created a luxurious, fortified castle, complete with a large hexagonal keep, known as the Great Tower or the Yellow Tower of Gwent. Surrounded by parkland, water gardens and terraces, the castle was considered by contemporaries to be the equal of any other in England or Wales. During the English Civil War the castle was held on behalf of Charles I and was taken by Parliamentary forces in 1646. In the aftermath, the castle was slighted, or deliberately put beyond military use; after the restoration of Charles II, t
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  • GB
map caption
  • Shown within Monmouthshire
map size
  • 200(xsd:integer)
open to public
  • Yes
Name
  • Raglan Castle
Caption
  • The front of Raglan Castle, showing the main gatehouse
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  • title
Battles
  • Siege of 1646 during the English Civil War
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  • Ruined
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Latitude
  • 51(xsd:double)
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  • Wales Monmouthshire
Longitude
  • -2(xsd:double)
Materials
  • Redbrook Sandstone, Old Red Sandstone, Bath Stone
Location
  • Monmouthshire, Wales
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  • Raglan castle is used for the set of Isle of the Blessed, which is located in Wales. The Isle of the Blessed is where the priestesses of the Old Religion practised magic. It is said it is where magic began.
  • Raglan Castle () is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th-centuries, when the successive ruling families of the Herberts and the Somersets created a luxurious, fortified castle, complete with a large hexagonal keep, known as the Great Tower or the Yellow Tower of Gwent. Surrounded by parkland, water gardens and terraces, the castle was considered by contemporaries to be the equal of any other in England or Wales. During the English Civil War the castle was held on behalf of Charles I and was taken by Parliamentary forces in 1646. In the aftermath, the castle was slighted, or deliberately put beyond military use; after the restoration of Charles II, the Somersets declined to restore the castle. Raglan Castle became first a source of local building materials, then a romantic ruin, and is now a modern tourist attraction.
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