Tretower, Powys, Wales

Tretower Castle

Tretower Castle and Court

Tretower Castle (Welsh: Castell Tretŵr) is a Grade I-listed ruin, built around the beginning of the twelfth century as a motte and bailey castle and this was probably replaced mid-century by a stone shell keep. The castle was enlarged in the early thirteenth century, but later fell into ruin. Tretower Court is a medieval fortified manor house that evolved from the adjacent Tretower Castle site. It is a rare example of its type, in that it shows the way in which a castle gradually developed into another significant type of medieval building. Both are in the care of Cadw.

 

Tretower Court is supposedly haunted by a White Lady. Some claim that this could be the ghost of Roger Vaughan's wife, the Vaughan family being owners of this site from the 14th-18th century. The ghost of another female has been reported in the main bedchamber, and a small boy has been sighted on the steps to the courtroom.

Tretower Court and Castle,

Tretower,

Powys,

NP8 1RD.

 

For further information, please visit:

www.cadw.gov.wales

 

For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Richard Jones.

Location

Visitor Information

Tretower (Welsh: Tretŵr) is a hamlet in Powys, Wales.

It lies on the A479 road within the Brecon Beacons National Park at the foot of the Black Mountains just off the Usk Valley.

Pictured is Tretower Castle courtesy of Pete Chapman. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.