A tour of Flint Castle, Flintshire

(View from the south-east) Flint Castle, the first of the great Edwardian castles to be built in north Wales, is… Read more A tour of Flint Castle, Flintshire

Windsor Castle and the Epiphany Rising of 1400

(An engraving of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, dating from 1658 by Wenceslas Hollar, from Wikipedia) At the beginning of 1400 an… Read more Windsor Castle and the Epiphany Rising of 1400

For a time in the early fifteenth century it seemed a real possibility that the Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyn… Read more Kidwelly Castle and the Owain Glyn Dŵr Rebellion