Celtic Recipes

Ewloe Castle - Castell Ewlo

Southeast of Flint close to Hawarden on the A55 this is a Welsh D-shaped castle captured by the English in 1277. It's border position gave it a strategic importance and it now stands in Wepre Park/Parc Gwepre.

Flint Castle - Castell y Fflint

This castle is of French medieval design, square with a detached thick walled keep and construction was started in 1277. This type of castle is not seen in other parts of the British Isles. The site had been besieged by the Welsh but it's last military action was in the English Civil War when Parliamentary forces took it after which it fell into disuse. It is sited at Flint on the A548 southeast of Prestatyn.

Prestatyn Castle - Castell Prestatyn

This site has the remains of a motte and bailey castle, built on low ground, with a surrounding ditch which was built around the middle of the twelfth century. It was subsequently destroyed by Owain Gwynedd. It is located at Prestatyn on the A548 east of Rhyl.

Rhuddlan Castle - Castell Rhuddlan

This mid thirteenth century Norman castle, next to the River Clwyd, has inner wards with twin tower gatehouses in defensive walls. The outer ward is behind a curtain wall with turrets and towers. The site is where Edward I in 1284 issued a document setting up the government of Wales under his rule. The last military action seen here was when Parliamentary forces took the castle in the English Civil War. The site is south of Rhyl on the A525/A547.

Beaumaris Castle - Castell Biwmares

Construction of this concentric castle began in the late thirteenth century on a flat plain on the north of the Menai Strait. The inner ward has four corner towers and two drum towers in the east and west ranges with the north and south ranges gatehouses having accommodation. The chapel is of notable construction with significant accommodation nearby. The Welsh under Owain Glynd?r took the castle in 1404 but it was recaptured by the English two years later and there followed a period of gradual decay. The castle did see action during the Civil War when it was taken by Parliamentary forces. The castle is sited in a picturesque location at Beaumaris on Anglesey northwest of the Menai Bridge on the A545.

Castell Aberlleiniog

This is was a late eleventh century motte and bailey castle but the structure visible today is a Civil War construction of a stone building and surrounding curtain wall. The site is on private land about two miles north of Beaumaris on Anglesey.

Din Lligwy Hut Circle

Din Llugwy - public domain image

Din Lligwy Iron Age site comprises of the remains of a large domestic round building with smaller round buildings used for habitation and larger rectangular workshops. These are enclosed within a stone enclosure. The site is located southwest of Moelfre near the east coast of Anglesey, Wales (Ynys Môn, Cymru). A roundabout on the A5025 will have signpost for Din lligwy and there is a footpath past Capel Lligwy.

Lligwy Burial Chamber - Siambr Gladdu Lligwy

This Neolithic burial chamber is made up of eight upright stones with a large heavy capstone on top. This site has revealed the bones of over thirty people and animal remains. Pottery on the site points to it's use into the Bronze Age period. The chamber is north of Llanallgo village near Moelfre in Anglesey off a minor road.

Soar - Llanfaethlu Standing Stone

This stone is thought to be Bronze Age and stands on it's own at a height of about ten feet. It is about a foot thick. The stone just to the southeast of Llanfaethlu in a field close to the A5025 in Anglesey.

Tregwehelydd Standing Stone

Tregwehelydd Standing Stone image courtesy of Cadw

Tregwehelydd Standing Stone possibly dates back to 2000 BC and is about eight feet high. The stone has been broken and then re-joined and enabled to stand again. This restored stone is northwest of Llyn Llywenan, by a footpath off small road close to Llanfigael in Anglesey, Wales (Ynys Môn, Cymru).

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