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Trecastle ((ウェールズ語:Trecastell)) is a village in Powys, Wales, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park (''Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog''). ==History== Trecastle ("the town of the castle") is named after Castle Tump (Trecastle Motte) an early 11th-century Norman motte-and-bailey fortification (), built by Bernard de Neufmarche and designed to protect Brecon from attack from the west. Despite this purpose, the area continued to be threatened, with Edward I of England spending three days in Trecastle quelling a revolt in 1295. The old castle name of 'una villa nostra de Lliwel' was changed by the end of Medieval era to the local name Trecastle, "the town of the castle". The fortification still exists at the east end of the village and the motte at 6.6 m high is the largest of its type in the National Park.〔http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/304779/details/TRECASTLE+MOTTE%3BCASTLE+TUMP%2C+TRECASTLE/〕 From around the 12th century the Bishop of St David's owned the land to the west of the book and Trecastle was thus used as a staging post en route to the Cathedral. After leaving the stopping point the road is thought to have turned to follow the Roman Road near Y Pigwn. Centuries later, Trecastle was used by coach travellers as a stopping point on the route from Gloucester to Llandovery. By the 19th century Trecastle had eight annual fairs, its own gasworks, two schools, a grain mill, two smithies, 16 shops and numerous pubs. Between 1830 and 1914, Trecastle and Llywel (1 mile to the west) are said to have had two of the most important wool mills in Brecknockshire. However, the arrival of a railway in Sennybridge (3 miles to the east) meant that Trecastle later lost its place as the trading centre for the area. Nowadays Trecastle is situated on the A40 trunk road between Brecon and Llandovery, which largely follows the old coaching route and passes a monument to a coach crash in the 19th century between Trecastle and Llandovery.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-15480650〕 The village was extended in 1960/70's, but maintains its linear pattern. It is now known for its antiques traders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trecastle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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