Wigmore Castle
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Wigmore Castle is a ruined castle about 1 km from the village of Wigmore in the northwest region of Herefordshire, England.
Wigmore Castle
Reconstruction of Wigmore Castle
Wigmore castle c.1910
Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March, was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous
Wigmore Castle
…the subject of extensive works in the late 13th or early 14th century, when it was held by Roger Mortimer (1231-1282), Edmund Mortimer (1282-1304) and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (lived 1287–1330). The walls were raised, the gatehouse remodelled and other buildings were constructed on the site, including a substantial block…
15th-century manuscript illustration depicting Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella in the foreground. Background: Hugh Despenser the Younger on the scaffold, being emasculated
The "Tyburn Tree"