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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