List Of Castles In Wales ... Seen 41 so far!

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None yet!

B

Beaumaris Castle  ✓
Beaupre Castle ✓

C 

Caernarfon Castle ✓
Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly  ✓
Candleston Castle, Bridgend ✓
Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire  ✓
Carmarthen Castle, Carmarthenshire  ✓
Carreg Cennen Castle, Carmarthenshire ✓
Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire ✓
  Cilgerran Castle, Pembrokeshire ✓
Castell Coch, Cardiff ✓
Coity Castle, Bridgend ✓
Conwy Castle, Aberconwy & Colwyn  ✓
Criccieth Castle, Gwynedd  ✓

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Dinefwr Castle, Carmarthenshire  ✓
  Dolbadarn Castle, Gwynedd  ✓
  Dolwyddelan Castle, Gwynedd  ✓
Dryslwyn Castle, Carmarthenshire  ✓

E-F-G

Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire ✓
Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire✓

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Harlech Castle, Gwynedd  ✓

K

Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthenshire  ✓
 

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Laugharne Castle, Carmarthenshire  ✓
Llanblethian Castle, South Glamorgan  ✓
Llandovery Castle, Carmarthenshire  ✓
Llansteffan Castle, Carmarthenshire ✓
  Llawhaden Castle, Pembrokeshire ✓
Loughor Castle, Swansea ✓
  

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None Yet!

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Narberth Castle, Pembrokeshire ✓
Nevern Castle, Pembrokeshire  ✓
Newcastle Castle, Bridgend ✓

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Ogmore Castle, Mid Glamorgan ✓
Oxwich Castle, Swansea ✓
Oystermouth Castle, Swansea ✓

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None Yet!

R
Raglan Castle, Gwent  ✓

S

 St Briavels Castle, Gloucestershire ✓
St Fagan's Castle, Cardiff ✓
Skenfrith Castle, Monmouthshire ✓

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Tenby Castle, Pembrokeshire  ✓
 Tretower Castle & Court, Powys  ✓

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Weobley Castle, Swansea ✓

 White Castle, Monmouthshire ✓

Wroxeter Roman City

There is a large parking area on the same level as the ticket office, with a short walk to gain entrance

Included in the ticket office, is a nice sized english heritage shop and a interesting museum, which houses history and finds from the site. Available is a good audio guide to take round with you

There a few steps around the site following the audio guide you get a good feel for the site.

Because it's mostly outdoors this site is not really ideal on wet days.

Dogs allow but not in the shop / museum or roman house

Toilets on site
A few benches including picnic benches
Best Bit - I love the fact that Watling Street ran through this Roman City.

See:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wroxeter-roman-city/

Rome Wasn't built in a day ( see below)

Rome wasn't built in a day, Channel 4 program
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day

6 Builders plus a few local helpers, recreated a roman villa on the site
as a English heritage learning tool
You can walk round the villa and understand building techniques

 

Stokesay Castle

Parking is in a car park, which you must pay for at the time of my visit the cost was £1

This site is perfect for rainy days as it is mostly indoors, there is a large and well stocked English Heritage gift shop.
Dogs on Lead but not in the buildings
Toilets are located by the ticket office, clean and great access
A few benches and resting area's
There is a lovely café onsite which sells home baked cakes, Highly recommended!
very relaxed and enchanting site to sketch and photograph
Best Bit - The Solar is just something else, A real must see!
See:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stokesay-castle/

Clifford Tower

Clifford Tower in the city of York, is a fortified complex comprising, over the last nine centuries, a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings on the south side of the River Foss

There is parking just outside the tower with disabled parking bays, this is a pay & display car park

There are no toilets available but a small gift shop onsite
To enter the site you have to climb 55 stone steps with a hand rail, once in there are more steps to climb
There are a few benches and a large grass area for picnics, there is also a nice level walk around the area.
Only Guide dogs allowed
A few benches to sit and a few information board for facts.
It isn't very photogenic site and is a pretty basic but worth a visit

I was very keen to visit this site because I had learnt about the 1189 Jewish Massacre
Josce of York, advised Jewish families to seek refuge in the royal castle, which at this point was a wooden keep.
The castle was surrounded by a mob which held it under siege until 16 March when this situation  became worse. Their religious leader, Rabbi Yomtob, proposed an act of collective suicide to avoid being killed by the mob, and the castle was set on fire to prevent their bodies being mutilated after their deaths. Several Jews perished in the flames but the majority took their own lives rather than give themselves up to the mob. A few Jews did surrender, promising to convert to Christianity, but they were killed by the angry crowd. Around 150 Jews died in total in the massacre.
You can find more about this on google.
See
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cliffords-tower-york/