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===Glyndŵr Rising=== [[File:Caerleon-Round Tower.jpg|thumb|upright|Round Tower at The Hanbury Arms in 2010]] During the [[Glyndŵr Rising]] in 1402 [[Rhys Gethin]], general for [[Owain Glyndŵr]], took Caerleon castle by force, together with those of Newport, Cardiff, Llandaff, Abergavenny, Caerphilly and Usk.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = The Bull Inn, Caerleon, June 2007 | url = http://www.thebellatcaerleon.co.uk/info/glyndwr.htm | title = Owain Glyndwr, the Bell at Caerleon | access-date = 9 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120306204225/http://www.thebellatcaerleon.co.uk/info/glyndwr.htm | archive-date = 6 March 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> This was probably the last time Caerleon castle was ruined, though the walls were still standing in 1537 and the castle ruins only finally collapsed in 1739: their most obvious remnant is the Round Tower at the [[Hanbury Arms]] public house. The Tower is a [[Grade II* listed building]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2996-tower-to-the-south-west-of-and-attached-to|title=Tower to the south west of, and attached to, The Hanbury Arms |first=Good|last=Stuff|publisher=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref>
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