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Castles of Wales

We have a lot of castles in Wales so when we moved back I thought it would be nice to at least to attempt to document them. It may take some time.
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  • Windows

    Windows

    Chepstow Castle

  • Door

    Door

    Chepstow Castle

  • Staircase

    Staircase

    Chepstow Castle

  • Chepstow Castle

    Chepstow Castle

  • Chepstow Castle

    Chepstow Castle

  • Raglan Castle

    Raglan Castle

  • Raglan Castle

    Raglan Castle

  • Raglan Castle

    Raglan Castle

  • Raglan Castle

    Raglan Castle

  • Raglan Castle

    Raglan Castle

  • The beauty of the Welsh Countryside

    The beauty of the Welsh Countryside

    Taken from Raglan Castle looking towards Pen-Y-Fan and Sugarloaf

  • Crickhowell Castle

    Crickhowell Castle

  • Crickhowell Castle

    Crickhowell Castle

  • White Castle

    White Castle

    White Castle is the best preserved of the Three Castles, namely, White, Skenfrith and Grosmont. The heart of this castle is surrounded by powerful round towers. The Three Castles are usually grouped together because for a large part of their history they were part of a block of territory under the control of a single lord, Hubert de Burgh. Hubert had gleaned a great deal about military architecture from his time fighting in France. He rebuilt Skenfrith and Grosmont in stone, adding domestic apartments to both castles, so that they could be used as lordly residences. However, this doesn’t seem to have been the case with White. Rather than a nobleman’s residence, it seems to have been built for military work. A workhorse of a castle, you might say. The internal buildings did, however, include a chapel, hall and kitchen, but were more befitting a garrison commander than a great lord. After Hubert de Burgh, the Three Castles were held in royal hands, and in 1254 Henry III granted them to his eldest son, the future Edward I. The rest is, as they say, history!

  • White Castle

    White Castle

  • White Castle

    White Castle

  • White Castle

    White Castle

    White Castle NP7 8UD

  • White Castle

    White Castle

    Abergavenny NP7 8UD

  • Skenfrith Castle

    Skenfrith Castle

  • Skenfrith Castle

    Skenfrith Castle

  • Skenfrith Castle

    Skenfrith Castle

  • Grosmont Castle

    Grosmont Castle

  • Grosmont Castle

    Grosmont Castle

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