Caernarfon Castle II

Another photo in Caernarfon Castle. On one of the towers here. The castle sits on the banks of the River Seiont and looks out over the Menai Strait towards Anglesey. It has polygonal towers rather than round ones. It never was finished. Of the two gates the Kings Gate was never finished and now has a glass barrier where you can look out at the town below.

Caernarfon Castle

Here I am at Caernarfon Castle. Lots of seagulls here so have decided to swoop down on a couple of unsuspecting ones. Caernarfon is in Gwynedd in north Wales. It's a large impressive castle. King Edward I started building the castle in 1283, I'm sure he had help otherwise he would still be building it. It is one of several castles he built (yes definitely he got some builders in) to establish English control over Wales (boo!!!). It was sacked in 1294 by Madog ap Llywelyn (hooray!! I could have helped with the fire). The English retook the town the following year (boo!) and started rebuilding.