Little Notice Is Taken Of This Castle
In The Welsh Chronicles; But We Are Informed That It Was Destroyed
In 1231, By Henry II., And That It Was Refortified By Henry III.
{28} Llanddew, a small village, about two miles from Brecknock, on
the left of the road leading from thence to Hay; its manor belongs
to the bishops of Saint David's, who had formerly a castellated
mansion there, of which some ruins still remain.
The tithes of this
parish are appropriated to the archdeaconry of Brecknock, and here
was the residence of our author Giraldus, which he mentions in
several of his writings, and alludes to with heartfelt satisfaction
at the end of the third chapter of this Itinerary.
{29} Aberhodni, the ancient name of the town and castle of
Brecknock, derived from its situation at the confluence of the river
Hodni with the Usk. The castle and two religious buildings, of
which the remains are still extant, owed their foundation to Bernard
de Newmarch, a Norman knight, who, in the year 1090, obtained by
conquest the lordship of Brecknock. [The modern Welsh name is
Aberhonddu.]
{30} Iestyn ap Gwrgant was lord of the province of Morganwg, or
Glamorgan, and a formidable rival to Rhys ap Tewdwr, prince of South
Wales; but unable to cope with him in power, he prevailed on Robert
Fitzhamon, a Norman knight, to come to his assistance.
{31} This little river rises near the ruins of Blanllyfni castle,
between Llangorse pool and the turnpike road leading from Brecknock
to Abergavenny, and empties itself into the river Usk, near
Glasbury.
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