Grade-I-Bauwerk (Glamorgan) - National Museum Cardiff, Caerphilly Castle, Pierhead Building (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Caerphilly Castle (Welsh: ) is a Medieval castle that dominates the centre of the town of Caerphilly in south Wales. Caerphilly Castle was built to stop Llywelyn ap Gruffudd's southward ambitions. It is the largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Britain after Windsor Castle. Built mainly between 1268 and 1271, it is an early example of a concentric castle. The tip of a natural gravel bank was extended south to create a dam across the Nant Gledyr, leading to the formation of a large defensive lake south of the main castle. The dam was fortified on both sides and had a gatehouse to the south leading out to the town of Caerphilly. The central island was the site of the main structure of the castle, comprising a retaining wall (the middle ward with gatehouses east and west, and an inner ward with east and west gatehouses and circular corner towers. To the west, a further ditch separated the spur forming a stone revetted western island; the defences of which appear to have never been completed. To the north a ditch and bank formed a defensive moat. In the final phase the dam was extended north to form another lake to the north of the moat and bank, and a further moat and bank to the west, while an outer gatehouse and outwork in the middle of the dam gave access to the west. The largest portion of the castle was built over a four year period, 1268 - 1271 and, with the exception of the north dam, the layout was modified only slightly thereafter. the castle covered an area of 30 acres, making it one of the largest castles in Europe. The restored tower at Caerphilly Castle Detail south east tower Caerphilly CastleUnlike many other 13th-century Welsh castles, Caerphilly Castle was not built by Edward I in his crack-down on the Welsh lords, but by Gilbert 'the Red' de Clare, a powerful, red-headed nobleman of Norman descent, as a response to a dispute between him and the Prince of Gwy...http://booksllc.net/?l=de