Celtic Recipes

Dolwyddelan Castle - Castell Dolwyddelan

Dolwyddelan Castle image from A tour in Wales by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) courtesy of National Library of Wales.

Dolwyddelan Castle - Castell Dolwyddelan is an early thirteenth century Welsh castle built by Llewellyn Fawr that was extended by the English later that century. It is situated on a hilltop surrounded by a curtain wall and made up of thirteenth century towers and sixteenth century additions. This site is located off the A470 north of Blaenau Ffestiniog, just south of Dolwyddelan which is a village in Conwy, Wales. 

Llyn Eiddew Back III

This stone circle is made up of seven stones which is about half of the original number. The site is off the A496 at Llandecwyn southeast of Portmeirion and northwest of Harlech.

Bryn Cader Faner

Bryn Cader Faner stone circle / CC BY-SA 2.0 © Copyright Rudi Winter and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence.

Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn located to the east of Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales. This circle is thought to date back to the late third millennium BC and has fifteen stones of about six feet in height and lean outwards from a central cairn. The site is about a four mile walk off the A496 close to Talsarnau which is northeast from Harlech.

Harlech Castle - Castell Harlech

Harlech Castle Cadw photograph

Harlech Castle - Castell Harlech is located in the town of Harlech in the North Wales county of Gwynedd. Construction of this concentric castle began in 1283 and has been the site of a number of sieges. Owen Glyndŵr held the castle between 1404 and 1409. In the Civil War it was the last castle to fall to Parliamentary forces. It is situated on a rocky outlet overlooking the Irish Sea and set within spectacular scenery. The thick inner walls have towers at each corner and the domestic buildings are against the inside of the walls. The gateway to the castle is flanked by two large towers. The outer walls are shorter and less thick than the inner. When built the sea came up to the castle and there is a stone stairway that led directly down to the water. The castle is northwest of Dolgellau on the A496.

Bron y Foel

The ruin of this portal dolmen with capstone no longer fully supported is about seven miles north of Barmouth, which is west from Dolgellau close to the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy off the A496.

Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber

Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber. Image Cadw

Dyffryn Ardudwy Burial Chamber is located near to the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy in Gwynedd, Wales This Neolithic tomb dates from around 4000 BC. It is made up of two separated burial chambers, one larger than the other within a mound. Adjacent to the larger chamber is a standing stone. The site is on a footpath off the A496 northwest of Dolgellau and just south of the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy.

Ffridd Newydd

Little remains visible of these two stone circles which are close to Tal-y-Bont which is on the A496 northwest of Dolgellau.

Cymer Castle - Castell Cymer

This is a Welsh motte castle possibly built in the twelfth century. Traditionally it is thought to be a castle built by Uchdryd ap Edwin in 1116 and destroyed in the same year. The remains of some stonework are on the site's motte which lies within the former deer park belonging to the abbots of Cymer Abbey. It is located off the A470 about a mile west of the village of Llanelltyd in Gwynedd, Cymru and is north of Dolgellau.

Tomen y Bala

Tomen Y Bala

Tomen y Bala is a medieval earthwork castle dated to the 11th to 12 century. It measures about  40 to 50 feet wide and 30 feet high. This large Welsh motte castle is made up of a steep mound, the flat topped summit of which can be reached by a spiral path. The site is located on the B4391 at Bala in Gwynedd, Cymru, northeast of Dollgellau.

Carndochan Castle - Castell Carndochan

Castell Carndochan image courtesy of SNPA

Castell Carndochan is on a hilltop overlooking the lower part of the Afon Lliw, near Llanuwchllyn in Gwynedd, Cymru. This Welsh thirteenth century castle stands on an outcrop of rock and is made up of D shaped tower, a rounded tower and other buildings within a perimeter defence. The site is located northeast of Dollgellau on the A494 toward Bala and is about two miles west of Llanuwchllyn.

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