Their fiefdoms were like independent kingdoms whose rulers could, with impunity, hold courts, build castles and wage war. As ...

the Earl of Shrewsbury had built a castle at Montgomery and had taken much of the Welsh borderland into his possession, and the Earl of Chester had struck deeply into Gwynedd. During the reign of ...

Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, the grandson of the famed Owain Gwynedd, was born at the old Dolwyddelan castle in about 1173. By 1200, ...

Get all the latest Gwynedd news by signing up to our newsletter ... Construction began in 1221. As a typically Welsh contour ...

These Welsh castles were built for royalty, and now you can visit them for a fairy-tale vacation. Now that you've got the background, it's time to go and see all these spectacular castles for ...

During the reign of William II, the Welsh rose in revolt, and by 1100 the Normans had been driven out of Gwynedd ... and the lordships controlled by the castles of the Normans - between Pura ...