Editing Brecon (section)

===Town walls===
Brecon's town walls were constructed by [[Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford|Humphrey de Bohun]] after 1240.<ref name = "Pettifer">Pettifer (2000).</ref>{{rp |8}}  The walls were built of cobble, with four [[gatehouse]]s and was protected by ten semi-circular [[bastion]]s.<ref name = "Pettifer" />{{rp |9}}  In 1400 the Welsh prince [[Owain Glyndŵr]] rose in rebellion against English rule, and in response in 1404, 100 [[mark (money)|marks]] was spent by the royal government improving the fortifications to protect Brecon in the event of a Welsh attack. Brecon's walls were largely destroyed during the [[English Civil War]]. Today only fragments survive, including some earthworks and parts of one of the gatehouses; these are protected as [[scheduled monument]]s.<ref name= BreconGatehouse>{{Citation | first = Philip | last = Davis | url = http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/Welshsites/23.html | contribution = Brecon Town Walls | title = Gatehouse | access-date = 13 October 2011}}.</ref>

In Shakespeare's play ''[[Richard III (play)|King Richard III]]'', the Duke of Buckingham is suspected of supporting the Welsh pretender Richmond (the future Henry VII), and declares:
 
<blockquote>''O, let me think on Hastings and be gone<br />To Brecknock, while my fearful head is on!''<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tAI5-zNxErgC&pg=PA1250 |title=The Plays of Shakspere, Carefully Revised from the Best Authorities|first= Barry |last=Cornwall|volume=2|year=1853|page=1250}}</ref></blockquote>