These Welsh castles were built for royalty, and now you can visit them for a fairy-tale vacation. Sometimes called the "Land of Castles" and "Castle Capital of the World," Wales once had about 600 ...

“But it’s a magnet for all castle lovers.” It’s long been a ruin. But this was once the most heavily defended and ...

Their fiefdoms were like independent kingdoms whose rulers could, with impunity, hold courts, build castles and wage war. As the March would exist in some form for over 450 years, it became a major ...

Although most marcher lordships were inhabited in the main by the native Welsh, all of them had their Englishries - areas within easy reach of the borough and its castle settled by immigrants.

In 1081 William visited St David's, ostensibly to show his respects but in reality as a demonstration of his power to the native ... the castle. It appears that the Welsh were about to suffer ...

Although most marcher lordships were inhabited in the main by the native Welsh, all of them had their Englishries - areas within easy reach of the borough and its castle settled by immigrants.