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http://www.explore-gower.co.uk/swansea/swansea_castle.html Explore Gower - Swansea Castle Investigate castle built after the Norman invasion in 1106 when Swansea was made into an administrative centre. Study historic note and colour photography. |
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http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/wales/weobley/weobley.php CastleXplorer - Weobley Castle Peruse colour photograph of well-equipped and luxuriously appointed fortified manor house looking onto Llwchwr estuary. Also historic notes, map, and access times. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/loughor.html Castles of Wales - Loughor Castle Learn about this castle strategically positioned above river near the sea with Roman connections. Find out how the Normans developed the defences and view photographs of the ruins. |
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http://www.walesatheart.com/wahcastles/loughor.htm Wales at Heart - Loughore Castle Discover castle that dates back to Roman times to protect the road to Carmarthen running east to west and now built over by present castle. Consider condensed history and view photograph. |
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http://www.walesatheart.com/wahcastles/carregcennen.htm Wales at Heart - Carreg Cennen Examine castle with evidence from the Iron Age, Romans, and the first fortified building by the Welsh Prince of Deheubarth. Castle was later rebuilt by Edward 1st but now much in ruins. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/swansea.html Castles of Wales - Swansea Castle Find out about castle that was rebuilt three times. Read about last castle built 13th to early 14th century by Edward I of which little survives today. |
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http://www.ecastles.co.uk/weobley.html Ecastles - Weobley & Landimore Castles Gain an insight into these neighbouring castles built near Swansea, south Wales - one in serious disrepair, and the other almost disappeared. Includes some colour photographs of remains. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/oyster.html Castles of Wales - Oystermouth Castle Inquire into well-renovated castle that command view across Swansea Bay. Learn about the Welsh who raised it to the ground on two occasions and view photographs plus an old painting. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/landimor.html Castles of Wales - Landimore Castle Peruse very short background of castle also known as Bovehill Castle. Look at colour photographs of the ruins that are little more than a few broken walls covered in ivy. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/oxwich.html Castles of Wales - Oxwich Research castle that is really a classic Tudor Mansion built on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales, and built on a much earlier site. Find out about a lady who saved it from demolition. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/pennard.html Castles of Wales - Pennard Castle Dip into history of strategic castle built overlooking Three Cliffs Bay by the First Earl of Warwick. Includes some colour photographs of the remains of limestone and red-sandstone walls. |
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http://www.ecastles.co.uk/penrice.html Ecastles - Penrice Castle Study very short historic note about castle that was deserted after the Civil War. See photographs of how the castle looks today. |
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- Learn to write and speak Welsh: A web
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