Cestyll Cymru - Welsh Castles
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Cestyll Cymru - Welsh Castles
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Cestyll yng Nghymru 🏴 - Castles in Wales! 🏰 Also retweet old ruins or interesting ancient buildings & events in Wales. My views only.
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Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthenshire (Wales) @cestyll image & reconstruction. Site besieged in 1403 by Owain Glyndwr with the help of soldiers from France and Brittany. #KidwellyCastle #WelshCastles #HistoryRebuilt
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#MysteryMonday 🧐
Founded in 1116, it was part of a chain of Norman coastal castles from Chepstow in the east to Pembroke in the west. But it was never safe from attack by Welsh chieftains.
Do you know this Cadw site?

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Fairytale towers nestled in ancient woodland 🌲🏰
Have you visited Castell Coch in summer? It’s the perfect mix of woodland walk and castle adventure.
Plan your visit now:cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-t…
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A great summer of free music in Wales only Minster Church. Everyone is welcome.
Swansea Minster@SwanseaMinster
Our Summer 2026 Organ recital line up.
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#RevealTuesday🧐
Strata Florida, or Ystrad Fflur as local people know it, is the final resting place for generations of medieval Welsh princes.
Find out more and book tickets for guided tours: cadw.gov.wales/strata-florida…


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Castell Carreg Cennen 🏰 🏴
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Carreg cenyn painted by JMW Turner about 1798! Shows it hasn’t changed in hundreds of years!
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This one is indeed fairly easy, I think... I won't give the answer though in case anyone else wants to do their own research or guesswork!
I have several photos of the nearby beaches as reference shots for the opening level of Tales from the Mabinogion, for a little bit of trivia for you! :)
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An easy “where too today” ? Famous castle above a beach!
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#MysteryMonday 🧐
It was established by white-robed Cistercian monks as part of a movement that spread like a tidal wave across the whole of western Europe in the early Middle Ages.
Do you know this Cadw site?

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Llanfleiddan -St Quintins Castle reconstruction mock-up with hoarding over @cestyll image. #WelshCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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#RevealTuesday🧐
Castell Harlech crowns a sheer rocky crag overlooking the dunes far below – waiting in vain for the tide to turn and the distant sea to lap at its feet once again.



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#MysteryMonday 🧐
Do you know what site this view was taken from? Even when completely cut off by the rebellion of Madog ap Llewelyn the castle held out – thanks to the ‘Way from the Sea’.
Answer revealed tomorrow

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Dolbadarn Castle (Wales) reconstruction mock-up. Built by Welsh Prince Llywelyn the Great. #DolbadarnCastle #WelshCastles #HistoryRebuilt

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