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Visiting information

Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon
Gwynedd LL58 2HY
Tel: 01286 677617

For opening times and admission prices please contact Caenarfon Castle directly.

Websites

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CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments
www.cadw.wales.gov.uk
CADW is responsible for a number of castles including Caernarfon. The website contains further information, including details about historical events at some of their castles and educational programmes.

The Castles of Wales
www.castlewales.com
An excellent website, with detailed and accurate information on Welsh castles, including location maps, historical essays and a great selection of photos.

History of the Monarchy
www.royal.gov.uk
A good biography of Edward I, the builder of Caernarfon Castle.

A Brief History of Wales
www.britannia.com/wales/whist.html
A brief history of Wales comprising 19 chapters and covering the whole sweep of Welsh history, part of the Britannia Internet Magazine.

Data Wales
www.data-wales.co.uk
A website with information about Welsh history, culture and where to stay when visiting.

Books

CADW Guidebook: Caernarfon Castle by Arnold Taylor (CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments, 2001) £2.95
Excellent official guidebook, with plenty of context and illustration.

Edward I by Michael Prestwich (Yale University Press, 1997) £16.95
Monumental and sympathetic biography of Edward I.

The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063-1415 by Robert Rees Davies (Oxford Paperbacks, 1991) £9.99
Authoritative account of medieval Wales, and a much darker view of Edward I.

The Welsh Castles of Edward I by Arnold Taylor (Hambledon, 1986) £6.95
Written by the man who rediscovered the career of Master James of St George.

Masons and Sculptors by Nicola Coldstream (British Museum, 1991) £6.39
Accessible account of how medieval builders really worked.

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