Castles of Wales

by Alan Philips and Alan Phillips

Wales, a small country, is littered with the relics of war - Iron Age forts, Roman ruins, medieval castles and the coastal forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The biggest construction of fortifications in Wales took place during the reign of Edward I. They were not only built to deter an invader, but to control the frequent Welsh uprisings. The next wave of constructions occurred during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144564374X
• ISBN13: 9781445643748
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages