Castle 4 White Castle
White Castle is the best preserved and most imposing of
the trio of Monmouthshire fortresses known as the ‘Three Castles’ – which includes Grosmont and Skenfrith – built to control the border. Originally constructed from wood and earth, a series of renovations transformed it into the
significant defensive structure we see today. Its medieval name might derive from the white rendering used on its
masonry. The large outer ward is as big as a football pitch, while the pear-shaped inner ward sits behind a deep, steep-sided, water-filled moat.
Many of these features are thought to be the work of the Lord Edward (later King Edward I) who took possession of the Three Castles in 1254. The modifications at White Castle, his first Welsh castle, can be seen as a forerunner of the mighty fortresses he would go on to build in north Wales.
The shape of things to come? An early glimpse of Edward I’s Welsh castle-building project
cadw.gov.wales
However , can anyone remember the story of Nazi Rudolf Hess , who flew solo to an alleged rendezvous with the British Royal family, ? He ran out of fuel , bailed out of his aircraft , breaking his leg in the process . Hess was captured and held in Maindiff Court, Y Fenni , where he was treated well , and permitted day release to paint at White Castle.
Today I met a man there , whose mother served food to Hess .
Too many conspiracy theories involve Rudolf Hess ;
Was he here for a secret meeting with The Royal Family to discuss stopping the war ?
Did Churchill prevent the meeting ?
Why did Churchill and others imprison him for so long in Spandau after Y Fenni ? ( His Nuremberg charge was ‘breaking the peace.)
Why was Hess , the last remaining prisoner at Spandau Prison from 1966 until his death in 1987 ?
During that period, he was the ONLY inmate in the Spandau prison !
I’ll suggest that keeping one prisoner in a prison for 21 years , in solitary confinement , means something .
Hess was possibly about to be released , but was found hanging in his cell .