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Caerphilly Castle
Caerphilly CF8 1JL
Tel: 029 2088 3143

For opening times and admission prices please contact Caerphilly 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 Caerphilly. Their website contains further information including details about historical events at some of their castles and educational programmes.

Caerphilly Castle
www.caerphillycastle.com
An unofficial website for the castle

The Heritage Trail
www.theheritagetrail.co.uk
A good potted history of the castle.

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.

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

Books

Caerphilly Castle by Derek F Renn (Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, 1997) £2.75
Excellent official guidebook. Highly recommended.

English Castles by Reginald Allen Brown (David and Charles, 1976) £23.23
The best general book on castles, with a discussion of Caerphilly.

The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063-1415 by Robert Rees Davies (Oxford Paperbacks, 1991) £9.99
Authoritative account of medieval Wales, with a good account of the struggle between Gilbert and Llywelyn and its effect on Anglo-Welsh politics.

A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314 by Michael Altschul (Johns Hopkins Press, 1965) £12.70
History of Earl Gilbert, his ancestors and descendants.

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