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Denbigh Castle crowns the summit of a steep rock outcrop at the heart of the Vale of Clwyd. Denbigh Castle as we see it today was constructed for Edward I, starting after 1282. |
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| The gatehouse of Denbigh castle. (182kb) | An info panel on the gatehouse. (111kb)
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An info panel on the inner ward of the castle. (111kb) |
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| A view across the inner ward from the western side. (155kb) | An iron rowel spur from the 15th century. (178kb)
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Info on the spur and the tiles. (145kb) |
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| Some tile fragments. (170kb) | A complete medieval glazed floor tile from
the bishops tower. (207kb)
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Another shot of the floor tile. (217kb) |
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| Keys from the post medieval period. (174kb) | A coin found at Denbigh. (153kb)
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Info on various exhibit items. (235kb) |
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| A view of the inner ward from the southern end. (155kb) | A view of the northeastern wall, from the tower. (207kb) | A view from the tower. (190kb) |
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| A view of the inner ward from the tower. (156kb) | The Cadw staff member from the castle gave
us a tour of the town walls. He and Debbie are going up the steps
near the Goblin Tower and well. (323kb)
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Another shot of Debbie and the guide. (318kb) |
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From Denbigh, we drove to the town of Ruthin. Ruthin castle is now a hotel, but we saw some interesting things in Ruthin. |
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| The town hall, rebuilt in 1400, after it was
burned by Owain Glyndwr, is now a bank. (208kb)
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An info plaque on the town hall. (106kb) | I think all Barclays banks (and our homes) should look like this. (83kb) |
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| A shot of the various interesting architecture in Ruthin. (310kb) | An interesting house we saw. (193kb) | Another shot of the house, showing how far
the second floor room sticks out. Notice the door you can see beyond
the porch. (231kb)
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| The neat door to the right of the porch. (296kb) | Peter walking along the walls guarding
Ruthin castle/hotel. (338kb)
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On the drive home from Ruthin, we stopped in a really nice pub in Wales. |
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| This is a really neat poster of all the
independent family breweries in Britain. (609kb)
This picture is still not full size, so send me a not if you want the original (1MB) |
A closeup of part of the poster. (113kb) | A shot of the medieval bridge we drove over to get to the pub. (215kb) |
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Continuing our drive home we stopped just south of Bath, at a pub Deb had seen earlier, and we discovered that it is a 14thcntury building. |
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| The left side of the George Inn. (226kb) | The right side of the George Inn. (226kb)
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Debbie waiting for Peter to finish his beer. (66kb) |
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| Peter finishing his beer. (62kb)
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