ENGLISH SEDGFIELDS SCENERY RAGLAN CASTLE MONMOUTHSHIRE ENGLAND STEREOVIEW

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ENGLISH SEDGFIELDS SCENERY RAGLAN CASTLE MONMOUTHSHIRE ENGLAND STEREOVIEW:
$14.95

Offered for sale is an early and quite scarce Sharp squared stereoview Published by English Sedgfields Scenery and titled as follows --

Below additional informaition and photos on the Raglan Castle:

Raglan Castle(Welsh:Castell Rhaglan) is alate medievalcastlelocated just north of the village ofRaglanin the county ofMonmouthshirein south eastWales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th-centuries, when the successive ruling families of theHerbertsand theSomersetscreated a luxurious, fortified castle, complete with a large hexagonalkeep, known as the Great Tower or the Yellow Tower of Gwent. Surrounded byparkland,water garden sandterraces, the castle was considered by contemporaries to be the equal of any other in England or Wales. During theEnglish Civil Warthe castle was held on behalf ofCharles Iand was taken by Parliamentary forces in 1646. In the aftermath, the castle wasslighted, or deliberately put beyond military use; afterthe restorationofCharles II, the Somersets declined to restore the castle. Raglan Castle became first a source of local building materials, then aromanticruin, and is now a moderntourist attraction.

Following the Norman invasion of Wales, the area around the village ofRaglanwas granted toWilliam FitzOsbern, theEarl of Hereford.Some historians, such as John Kenyon, suspect that an earlymotte and baileycastle may have been built on the Raglan site during this period: the location had strategic importance and archaeologists have discovered the remains of a possible bailey ditch on the site.The local manor was held by the Bloet family from the late 12th-century until the late 14th-century and the family built a manor house somewhere on the site during this period, surrounded by a park.By the late medieval period the Raglan site was surrounded by the largedeer parksof Home Park and Red Deer Park, the latter being enclosed at the end of the will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $2.99. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $2.99, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge.

I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $9.18 and will combine ship. This increase is due to the new postal service rates.