Showing posts with label Wales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wales. Show all posts

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Castell Coch

Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081, to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge. Abandoned shortly afterwards, the castle's earth motte was reused by Gilbert de Clare as the basis for a new stone fortification, which he built between 1267 and 1277 to control his freshly annexed Welsh lands. This castle was likely destroyed in the native Welsh rebellion of 1314. In 1760, the castle ruins were acquired byJohn Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, as part of a marriage settlement that brought the family vast estates in South Wales.

Llanwrst, Wales

Tu Hwnt i'r Bont is a 15th-century grade II listed building in the Community of Trefriw, in the county of Conwy, north Wales. It is situated on the left bank of the River Conwy across Pont Fawr from the town of Llanrwst.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Carew Castle is a castle in the civil parish of Carew in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. The famous Carew family take their name from the place, and still own the castle, although it is leased to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, which administers the site.

Caldicot Castle, Wales