This is the last part in the Wales castles. so far you have seen some of the best castles in Wales, now onto the last part of the Welsh castles. Now onto the least known castles that Wales has to offer.
Powis Castle
The castle was designed and built in the 12th century and followed all of the usual norman rules and guidelines. It contained an inner bailey, defensive outer wall and a very strong keep. In 1196 the castle fell to the English and in the 13th century the castle went through a very slow refurbishment programme. All that can now be seen of these improvements is the long gallery.
Moving on to 1667 William who was made an Earl by the King began to transform the castle into a palace. State apartment, blue drawing room, library and state bedroom were added by William and when William fled the country his family did not return to it until 1703 in which his son set about making major improvements to the place and this is what makes the history of this place so wonderful and a reason to go on one of those family days out here.
Harlech Castle
This was built in the 13th century and is one of the four castles built in Wales for Edward I. This castle cna be found on top of a rocky outcrop which means the location provided the castle with some brilliant natural deefnces with the weaknesses being from the east and south. A hige ditch was built on the sides that were weak to solve the problems.
The castle looks aslmost as good as it did way back in the day and can be found within the region of Snowdonia.
So there it is, there are still other castles to be explored but there are just a few of them written down for you to think about. Family holidays UK are made very nice in Wales and even if you do not fancy a week or so in the area you could always go on one of those family days out to the area.
