Caernarfon Castle

A Royal guide to … Wales

Apr 25, 2024

anniversaries, battles, buildings, culture, genealogy, heraldry, television reviews

“Tudors”, aberfan, Arthur “Tudor”, Balmoral, banners, Battle of Bosworth, birth dates, Caernarfon Castle, Channel Four, Charles “III”, coronets, dragon, Edmund “Tudor”, Edward II, Edward VI, Edward VIII, Gwynedd, Harold II, harps, Henry VII, Henry VIII, investitures, John Ashdown-Hill, Master James of St. George, Normans, regalia, Rhuddlan Castle, statues, Victoria, Wales

This excellent documentary was featured on Channel Four during March. It told of Wales’ existence as a Kingdom before the Normans arrived and sought to reinforce their borders and the last Principality was suppressed about a year before the future Edward II was born at his father’s greatest military outpost at Caernarfon. It discussed the…
Caernarfon Castle, one of Wales’s great historic sites….

Jul 7, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, law, travel

“Tudors”, Afon Seiont, Anglesey, Caernarfon Castle, castles, Charles “III”, Country Life, Edward I, Edward II, Gwynedd, investiture, Menai Strait, Princes of Wales, Roman forts, tourism, Wales, William Prince of Wales

The great fortresses built by Edward I to subdue the rebellious Welsh are all spectacular and have survived the centuries. Now they are considered beautiful examples of medieval workmanship and have become great tourist attractions, which isn’t really what old Longshanks ever intended! One of the finest of these fortresses is Caernarfon which is always…
Caernarfon Castle built in minutes….in Lego!

Jun 4, 2020

buildings

Beyond the Brick, Caernarfon Castle, Edward I, Edward II, Lego, reconstruction

I love seeing time-lapse videos, whatever the subject, but a time-lapse of Edward I’s huge and formidable fortress at Caernarfon, rising as you watch until it’s there in front of you within a few minutes, complete, is something else. The whole thing is made of Lego. Which is not cheap, as the parents of…

Caernarfon Castle

A Royal guide to … Wales

Caernarfon Castle, one of Wales’s great historic sites….

Caernarfon Castle built in minutes….in Lego!