Infobox Military Structure name OystermouthCastle partof location Oystermouth , Swansea , Wales coordinates image File OystermouthCastle geograph.org.uk 1617797.jpg 300px caption OystermouthCastle image2 caption2 type Castle code built 12th Century builder materials Stone height used 1106 to about ... garrison current commander commanders occupants battles events OystermouthCastle Castell Ystum Llwynarth is a Norman architecture Norman stone castle in Wales , overlooking Swansea Bay on the east side of the Gower Peninsula near the village of the Mumbles . The early castle The first castle was founded by William de Londres of Ogmore Castle soon after 1106 following the capture of Gower ... III of England returned the barony of Gower to John de Braose who rebuilt both Swansea Castle and Oystermouth ... of the century Oystermouth rather than Swansea Castle became their principal residence. Edward ... including the castle at Oystermouth passed to the de Mowbray s through this marriage, and then to the Herbert .... A survey of Lordship of Gower Gower made in 1650 describes OystermouthCastle as a n old decayed ... 03 02 ref As part of the programme OystermouthCastle closed in 2010 while it underwent a 1 m refurbishment ... news uk wales south west wales 14167952 title OystermouthCastle at Mumbles reopens after 1m refit ... Oystermouthcastle showing chapel window.jpg thumb 300px OystermouthCastle, showing the gatehouse ... the first phase of conservation works, OystermouthCastle reopened to the public in mid July 2011.The ..., OystermouthCastle, 1066 to 1326 ISBN 1 899376 16 X OystermouthCastle a tour and short history , published by the Friends of OystermouthCastle. External links Commons category OystermouthCastle http ... of OystermouthCastle http www.castlewales.com oyster.html Castles of Wales OystermouthCastle gbmapping ... his castle which was put to the torch. The castle was rebuilt soon afterwards, but was probably ... Gower and held the castle as part of their extensive land holdings and titles, including other ... more details
Infobox swansea electoral ward Electoral Ward Oystermouth Ward WardMap Image Wm swansea oystermouth.jpg GridReference SS6188 Principal Locality Mumbles Total Population 4,315 2001 census Land Area 2.01 2001 census Local Council City and County of Swansea NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA3 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Gower National Assembly for Wales constituency Gower Constituency Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower Oystermouth a corruption of the Welsh language Welsh name Ystum Llwynarth or Ystumllwynarth is an Ward politics electoral ward and a village in the Mumbles Community Wales community and also the City and County of Swansea , Wales . The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas Oystermouth, the Mumbles , Thistleboon , Limeslade , in the parliamentary constituency of Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower . The ward is bounded by Newton, Swansea Newton to the west, West Cross electoral ward West Cross to the north and Swansea Bay to the south and east. Description The ward consists of suburban housing stretching from the northwest to the southeast. It is surrounded by the sea to the east and south. Two hills at Rams Tor and Mumbles Hill have little development. Mumbles Hill is now a protected nature reserve managed by the local council. The boundaries of Mumbles community and the Oystermouth ward are clearly defined. However, in the public mind, the separation between villages of Oystermouth and Mumbles is not clear. Local buses to the area are signed as Oystermouth, however most people from the area would say they are living in Mumbles. Local beaches include the southern tip of Swansea Bay , Bracelet Bay and Limeslade Bay . From the Mumbles Head area there are views towards Swansea , Port Talbot and the hills of the South Wales Coalfield . As well as being a local service centre, OystermouthCastle is well preserved, in grounds with views over Swansea Bay. Oystermouth was served by one of the very earliest passenger rail services ... more details
The Castle may refer to Places The Castle at Budawang National Park , Australia The Castle volcano , a volcano in British Columbia, Canada The Castle Ramona, California , listed on the List of RHPs in CA NRHP in California , USA The Castle Atlanta , a landmark former residence in Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia The Castle Waltham, Massachusetts , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts, USA The Castle Marietta, Ohio , a NRHP home in Ohio, USA The Castle Saint Helena , the government buildings in Jamestown Other The Castle novel Das Schlo is a 1922 novel by Franz Kafka and its translations The Castle Kadare The Castle Kadare , 1970 novel K shtjella by Ismail Kadare The Castle film The Castle film , a 1997 Australian comedy film The Castle 1964 film The Castle 1964 film , a 1964 Danish film The Castle 1968 film The Castle 1968 film , a West German film adaptation of the Kafka novel directed by Rudolf Noelte The Castle game The Castle game , a videogame made by ASCII corporation The Castle radio series The Castle radio series , 2007 BBC radio comedy set in the Middle Ages See also Castle disambiguation Borgen disambig de The Castle no Slottet ... more details
, see List of castles . For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle . PLEASE ... right 300px alt A castle high on a rocky peninsula above a plain. It is dominated by a tall rectangular ... the city. File Bodiam castle 10My8 1197.jpg thumb 300px alt A castle of square plan surrounded by a water filled moat. It has round corner towers and a forbidding appearance. Bodiam Castle in England surrounded by a water filled moat . A castle from Latin castellum is a type of fortification ... . Scholars debate the scope of the word castle , but usually consider it to be the private fortified ... in castle studies, the structures also served as centres of administration and symbols of power ..., a scientific approach to castle defence emerged. This led to the proliferation of towers, with an emphasis ... to maximise the castle s firepower. These changes in defence have been attributed to a mixture of castle technology from the Crusades , such as Concentric castle concentric fortification , and inspiration from earlier defences such as castra Roman forts . Not all the elements of castle architecture ... affect castle building until the 15th century, when artillery became powerful ... of the Tower of London , exemplifies all uses of a castle including city defence, a residence, and a place of refuge in times of crisis. The word castle is derived from the Latin word castellum ... from castellum . ref Harvnb Creighton Higham 2003 p 6 ref The word castle was introduced into English ... simplest terms, the definition of a castle accepted amongst academics is a private fortified residence ... 20th century, there was a trend to refine the definition of a castle by including the criterion ... 16 File Windsor Castle at Sunset Nov 2006.jpg thumb left 300px alt A castle, seen at the end of a long avenue, lit pink by the sunset. The castle gives an impression of tremendous size, and has an imposing, twin towered gatehouse and, to the left, a large round keep. Windsor Castle in England was founded ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Castle to Castle title orig D un ch teau l autre translator Ralph Manheim 1968 image prefer 1st edition image caption author Louis Ferdinand C line illustrator cover artist Paul Bonet country France language French language French series genre Novel publisher ditions Gallimard Gallimard release date 12 June 1957 english pub date 1968 media type Print hardcover & paperback pages 315 isbn 978 2 070 21310 8 preceded by followed by Castle to Castle is the English title of the 1957 novel by Louis Ferdinand C line , titled in French D un ch teau l autre . The book features C line s experiences in exile with the Vichy France Vichy French government at Sigmaringen , Germany , towards the end of World War II . For the first U.S. edition, translator Ralph Manheim won the 1970 National Book Award in List of winners of the National Book Award Translation category Translation . ref name nba1970 http www.nationalbook.org nba1970.html National Book Awards 1970 . National Book Foundation . Retrieved 2012 03 11. br There was a Translation award from 1967 to 1983. ref Legacy Castle to Castle was mentioned in the biography of Jack Kerouac , Subterranean Kerouac by Ellis Amburn St. Martin s Press, 1998 . Kerouac was at dinner with Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows at their apartment when he described C line s work as a portrait of existence as rotten and mad p. 301 . References reflist Louis Ferdinand C line Category 1957 novels Category Autobiographical novels Category French language novels Category French novels Category Novels by Louis Ferdinand C line Category Novels set in Germany Category World War II novels 1950s novel stub fr D un ch teau l autre fa ... more details
Castle Street may be Castle Street, Bridgwater , England Castle Street, Cambridge , England Castle Street, Canterbury , England Castle Street, Edinburgh , Scotland Castle Street, Liverpool , England Castle Street, Oxford , England Castle Street, Reading , England Castle Street, Worcester , Massachusetts, USA See also 62 Castle St , a hotel in Liverpool, England Castle Street Row , a historic building in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA The Madhouse on Castle Street , a British television play Castle Square disambiguation disambig ... more details
Castle Green may refer to Castle Green, London Castle Green, South Yorkshire Castle Green, Surrey Castle Park, Bristol An apartment building, part of Hotel Green complex disambig ... more details
Balloch Castle may be Balloch Castle West Dunbartonshire Balloch Castle Perth and Kinross Balloch Castle was a castle at Loch Doon disambig ... more details
Castle of Deception may refer to Castle of Deception play Castle of Deception play , a play by Peter Philip. Castle of Deception novel Castle of Deception novel , a novel set in the Bard s Tale universe. dab ... more details
Killeen Castle may Refer to Killeen Castle, Dunsany is a castle near Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Republic of Ireland. Killeen Castle, Castlegar is a castle in Castlegar, County Galway, Republic of Ireland. disambiguation ... more details
taki Castle may refer to taki Castle Chiba a Japanese castle located in taki, Chiba taki Castle Fukui a Japanese castle located in Echizen, Fukui disambig DEFAULTSORT Otaki ... more details
Rosenburg Castle may refer to Rosenberg Castle South Bohemia , a castle in the Czech Republic now known as Ro mberk Castle Rosenberg Castle Zurich , a country estate in the Swiss canton of Zurich disambig ... more details
Bischofstein Castle lang de Burg Bischofstein may refer to Bischofstein Castle Germany , a castle on the Moselle river in Germany Bischofstein Castle Switzerland , a castle in the Swiss canton of Basel Land disambig ... more details
Derry Castle can refer to several things Derry Castle, Tipperary , a castle in Ireland Derry Castle barque Derry Castle , a barque wrecked on Enderby Island in 1887 The Wreck Of The Derry Castle , a poem by Henry Lawson disambig ... more details
Marienburg Castle may refer to Malbork Castle in Poland Marienburg Castle Hanover in Germany Marienburg Castle Hildesheim in Germany seealso Marienburg disambiguation ... more details
Sandown Castle may refer to Sandown Castle, Kent Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight Disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages de Sandown Castle ... more details
Castle Mountains may refer to Castle Mountains California in California, USA Castle Mountains Montana in Montana, USA Castle Mountains Nevada in Nevada, USA disambig ... more details
Atalaya Castle may refer to Atalaya Castle Spain , a castle in Villena Alicante, Spain Atalaya Castle United States , a residence in Murrells Inlet South Carolina, United States disambiguation ... more details
wiktionary castle in the air Castle in the Air may refer to Castle in the Air novel Castle in the Air novel , a 1990 young adult fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones Castle in the Air film Castle in the Air film , a 1952 British comedy film See also Castles in the Air , a musical comedy Castle in the sky disambiguation disambiguation ... more details
Black Castle may refer to Buildings and structures Black Castle, East Lothian , hillfort in Scotland Black Castle of Moulin , castle in Perthshire, Scotland Black Castle, castle at Lough Gur , County Limerick, Ireland Black Castle Public House , Bristol, England Black Castle, ruin near Zlatno, Zlat Moravce District , Slovakia Other Black Castle album , by hip hop group Royal Fam The Black Castle , 1952 Universal horror film disambig ... more details
Hawarden Castle may refer to one of two sites in Flintshire, Wales, near the town of Hawarden Hawarden Castle medieval , a ruined castle Hawarden Old Castle Hawarden Castle 18th century , the home of William Ewart Gladstone, a former prime minister disambig ... more details
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