Published Booklets on Gwynedd Castles

Castell Dinas Emrys, Gwynedd (ISBN 1-899376-08-9) [1995] includes a discussion of the early Norman Conquest of North Wales during the reign of William the Conqueror and the campaigns of Gruffydd ap Cynan which led to the eventual liberation of Gwynedd in the reign of Henry I. From this a conclusion is reached that the castle may have been the work of either Robert Rhuddlan or the earl of Chester in the late eleventh century rather than a later Welsh foundation. The castle remains are examined in detail and the results of the two excavations which occurred on the site this century are analysed. Also examined are some of the prehistoric defences which included a long causeway entrance. The shattered ruins of the keep set on a spur beneath Snowdon is shown opposite.

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