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Rhuddlan Castle

Rhuddlan Castle

Rug Chapel

Rug Chapel

Rhug (normally Y Rug in Welsh; sometimes given the antiquarian spelling Rûg) is a township in the parish of Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, formerly in the old cantref of Edeirnion and later a part of Merionethshire, two miles from Corwen and ten miles north east of Bala. It includes the hamlet of Bonwen. It is situated near the River Dee, under Berwyn range. About 1150, it was ruled by the Maer Du or "Black Mayor of Rhug" and later became part of the lands of the…

Runston Chapel

Runston Chapel

Segontium Roman Fort

Segontium Roman Fort

Segontium is a Roman fort for…

Skenfrith Castle

Skenfrith Castle

Skenfrith Castle (Welsh: Ynysgynwraidd) is a medieval castle located in Monmouthshire, Wales. The castle is in the centre of the village of Skenfrith, located on the banks of the River Monnow, just five miles to the north of the town of Monmouth. The first defences were built shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066, although the…

St Cybi's Well

St Cybi's Well

Picturesque site of former ‘holy well’ dedicated to…

St Davids Bishop's Palace

St Davids Bishop's Palace

Imposing palace within the defended perimeter of the cathedral precincts. The surviving buildings date chiefly from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, particularly the work of Bishop Thomas Bek (1280-93) and Bishop Henry de Gower (1328-47). It is de Gower’s…

St Dogmaels Abbey

St Dogmaels Abbey

St Dogmael’s Abbey is an abbey in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was founded about 1115 for a prior and twelve monks of the Tironensian Order. The founders were Robert fitz Martin and his wife, Maud Peverel (sister of William Peverel the…

St Lythans Burial Chamber

St Lythans Burial Chamber

The St Lythans burial chamber (Welsh: siambr gladdu Lythian Sant) is a single stone megalithic dolmen, built around 6,000 BP (before present) as part of a chambered long barrow, during the…

St Non's Chapel

St Non's Chapel

The Chapel of St Non is located on the coast near St David’s in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Held by tradition to mark the birthplace of St David, the ruin cannot be accurately dated but is unusual in that it is aligned north-south rather than the usual east-west. Near to the ruined chapel is a retreat, a modern chapel and a holy well. The site was protected in the…