Rhuddlan Castle (Rhuddlan) | ruined castle, cultural heritage / national heritage, Grade I Listed (UK)

United Kingdom / Wales / Rhuddlan
 ruined castle, cultural heritage / national heritage, Grade I Listed (UK)
Built in 1282 by Edward II. The queen bore a child here and was churched at the local church. Much stone was removed from the lower levels, but the original decorative patterns can still be seen in the rose coloured sandstone. Covered in ivy until the fifties, it is gradually being stabilized and restored.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhuddlan_Castle
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Coordinates:   53°17'20"N   3°27'52"W

Comments

  • There was also supposedly a tunnel that ran from the castle to the Banquet House on the Dyserth Road. There are records (Statute of Rhuddlan, I think, that show the King arranging to bring labourers from Chester and silver from London to pay for the work. In the fifties, there were still chains anchored to the dungeon walls, but they have disappeared. A well in the central courtyard provided water, and at the time, there must have been access to the sea, because there is a Watergate in the lower corner of the walls.
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