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What
Would You Expect to Find?
Consider
each of these statements about the history of the castle. Opposite
each, write down what you would expect to find in or about the castle
itself (assuming the statement to be true).
| Historical
Statement |
What
Would You Expect to Find? |
| Castles
were military buildings, used for keeping an area under control, but
in addition they were residences and centres of government, held law
courts and served as local prisons. |
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| Some
historians think that Oystermouth castle was used as a centre of
government in the Gower. Perhaps the lord just found Oystermouth a
more pleasant residence. |
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| About
1116 Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Tewdr invaded the Gower and burnt
Oystermouth castle. |
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| The
five windows (in the chapel tower) as in every other room in the
ruin, had long ago been walled up for musketry. |
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