{"id":2753,"date":"2017-05-10T09:39:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T09:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2017-05-10T09:39:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T09:39:59","slug":"launceston-castle-cornwall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2753","title":{"rendered":"Launceston Castle, Cornwall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Launceston_Cas_9644.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2775\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Launceston_Cas_9644.jpg\" alt=\"Castle from below\" width=\"451\" height=\"449\" class=\"alignbottom size-full wp-image-2775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Launceston_Cas_9644.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Launceston_Cas_9644-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Launceston_Cas_9644-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 85vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n <em>English Heritage<\/em><br \/>\nOriginally a Norman castle, the castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century, and substantially rebuilt by Richard of Cornwall from 1227, including a high central tower inside the circular wall on top of the mound.<br \/>\n Richard&#8217;s son moved the administration elsewhere and the castle became partially disused and ruinous. Parts continued to be used for assizes and a prison. It was occupied during the civil war and afterwards stripped for building materials. Parts were used as a prison till 1842, and the site was used as a base during WWII.<br \/>\nThe outlines of buildings in the lower bailey can be seen in the grass. Parts of the keep and walls still stand, and the inner tower can be climbed.<br \/>\nThe castle is well worth a visit if you are in Launceston.<br \/>\nThe castle is on an elevated site in the middle of the town. Parkng is available in pay car parks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage Originally a Norman castle, the castle was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century, and substantially rebuilt by Richard of Cornwall from 1227, including a high central tower inside the circular wall on top of the mound. Richard&#8217;s son moved the administration elsewhere and the castle became partially disused and ruinous. Parts continued &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=2753\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Launceston Castle, Cornwall&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,4,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}