While holidaying in North Wales 4 years ago, we visited Caernarfon Castle.
It’s a huge castle, and is recognised as one of the best buildings from the Middle Ages in the world. It is a World Heritage site, along with Comwy, Beaumaris and Harlech Castles.
There was an 11th century castle on the site, before it was replaced in 1283 by King Edward I of England. There were large walls built around the town and it took almost 50 years to build.
Caernarfon Castle was the head of administration in Gwynedd, Wales and represented English Power, and therefore it was a target for the Welsh. It was seiged and changed hands between the English and Welsh a few times.
Hostilities between the Welsh and English subsided in 1435 when the Tudors came to the English Throne. This meant that castles like Caernarfon became less important, and were neglected.
Caernarfon Castle was then seiged 3 times during the English Civil War in the 17th century. The castle was ordered to be demolished in 1660 but this never happened.
The castle was abandoned and left to ruin until the late 1870’s, when the government stepped in to fund repairs. It is now under the care of the CADW, and is a major tourist attraction.
There has been an apparition of a lady seen, often glowing, while she floats through the corridors of the castle. Electrical equipment at the Castle has been known to malfunction and this has been put down to the glowing lady.
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