WAW010531 WALES (1947). View of Harlech showing castle

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Details

Title [WAW010531] View of Harlech showing castle
Reference WAW010531
Date 30-August-1947
Link Coflein Archive Item 6413689
Place name
Parish
District
Country WALES
Easting / Northing 258000, 330000
Longitude / Latitude -4.1088720012714, 52.848426245559
National Grid Reference SH580300

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Corbelled latrine turret

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Monday 15th of September 2014 08:05:38 PM
Inner Ward Chapel

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Monday 15th of September 2014 08:00:29 PM
North West Tower (1289)

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Monday 15th of September 2014 07:37:45 PM
Harlech Castle Post code LL46 2YH Grade 1 listed building - Cadw Building ID: 25500 Also a scheduled monument. World Heritage List. An example of concentric castle design. It was built by the English King Edward I following his conquest of Wales, mainly between 1283 and 1289 with additions of c1295 and 1323-4. Designed by Edward's chief military engineer, the Savoyard Master James of St. George In 1294 the English garrison withstood a siege by the Welsh under Madog In the Spring of 1404 Owain Glyndwr and his forces took the castle which, for the next five years became his court and capital During the Wars of the Roses the castle was held by the Welsh Lancastrians before surrendering to the besieging Yorkists (as immortalised in the song 'Men of Harlech'). In 1647 the Royalist garrison under Colonel William Owen surrendered to the Parliamentarians; it was the last mainland British castle to hold out for King Charles I.

totoro
Monday 15th of September 2014 07:03:13 PM
Reclaimed land. The sea came up to the castle site in medieval times - there was a water gate below the main walls, allowing the defenders to be replenished by sea during a siege

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Friday 25th of April 2014 12:28:06 PM

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Friday 25th of April 2014 12:24:49 PM

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Friday 25th of April 2014 12:24:27 PM
A second 'grounded' coach body - raised on brick piers

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Friday 25th of April 2014 12:23:49 PM
Harlech railway station with a goods train by the platform, but no sign of its locomotive

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Friday 25th of April 2014 12:22:59 PM


On the Cambrian Coast Railway with services North to Porthmadog, Criccieth and Pwllheli, and South to Barmouth, Machynlleth and Shrewsbury.



The railway line was damaged by remedial bridge work (Pont Briwet) in November 2013 and suffered badly in the storms of Winter 2013-4. The line from the South to Harlech reopened April 2014, but did not reopen beyond Harlech until September 2014. Trains were stranded on the line and were taken off the line in Barmouth for transport by road.

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Monday 15th of September 2014 07:29:44 PM
Old wooden-bodied railway coach used as store or mess room

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Friday 25th of April 2014 12:21:58 PM