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There are so many possibilities for #MouseFavouritePhoto from #RaglanCastle but this seems to fire the imagination. The way the #YellowTowerOfGwent must have dominated this vast landscape when complete, "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough" it seems to shout

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Be ye not fooled. The moulded fillets may be held on by rather authentic looking rose nails, you could even believe they were hand made and medieval, but them screws holding the loop handle on blow the gaff completely #YellowTowerOfGwent #RaglanCastle #Wales for #FerrousFriday

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The top of the #YellowTowerOfGwent doesn't feel any more secure than the perilous journey that got Mouse there. You can tell Mouse was a bit wobblesome because she didn't stick around for shot selection. But to misquote Pete Townsend "Mouse can see for miles" #RaglanCastle #Wales #TowerTuesday

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Mouse may have mentioned it. Maybe she didn't. But Mouse not crazy about heights and she was glued to the newels all the way to the top of the #YellowTowerOfGwent. At this height them bars don't look up to the job #RaglanCastle #Wales for #TowerTuesday

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As was the case with so many of the castles of Wales and England, the castle was slighted by Cromwell's troops. The east of the tower was undermined and vast fires lit underneath causing it to collapse #YellowTowerOfGwent Part IV of IV #RaglanCastle #Wales for #TowerTuesday

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From some directions the Great or Yellow Tower seems intact, dominating the skyline from a distance #YellowTowerOfGwent Part III of IV #RaglanCastle #Wales for #TowerTuesday

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The Great Tower, surrounded by its substantial moat, was part of the original early C15 castle #YellowTowerOfGwent Part II of IV #RaglanCastle #Wales for #TowerTuesday

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The 'Yellow Tower of Gwent', so called because every time the castle was besieged it would run off and hide. Mouse give in, she made that up. It's really because of the pale sandstone from which it is built #YellowTowerOfGwent Part I of IV #RaglanCastle #Wales for #TowerTuesday

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