WAW010531 WALES (1947). View of Harlech showing castle

Corbelled latrine turret

Inner Ward Chapel

North West Tower (1289)

Harlech Castle Post code LL46 2YH Grade 1 listed building - Cadw Building ID: 25500 Also a scheduled monument. World Heritage List. An example of concentric castle design. It was built by the English King Edward I following his conquest of Wales, mainly between 1283 and 1289 with additions of c1295 and 1323-4. Designed by Edward's chief military engineer, the Savoyard Master James of St. George In 1294 the English garrison withstood a siege by the Welsh under Madog In the Spring of 1404 Owain Glyndwr and his forces took the castle which, for the next five years became his court and capital During the Wars of the Roses the castle was held by the Welsh Lancastrians before surrendering to the besieging Yorkists (as immortalised in the song 'Men of Harlech'). In 1647 the Royalist garrison under Colonel William Owen surrendered to the Parliamentarians; it was the last mainland British castle to hold out for King Charles I.

Reclaimed land. The sea came up to the castle site in medieval times - there was a water gate below the main walls, allowing the defenders to be replenished by sea during a siege

Cattle pens

Sheep pens

A second 'grounded' coach body - raised on brick piers

Harlech railway station with a goods train by the platform, but no sign of its locomotive

Old wooden-bodied railway coach used as store or mess room