Items in Glamorgan

Overview map of Glamorgan, Wales

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-01-20

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Plate 17. Cyfartha Castle

Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire

Drawn by H. Gastineau, Engraved by S. Lacey

The castle was built in 1824 with 160 acres of park around it. The gardens and parks are still there.

Keywords: castles, trees, people, animals, cattle, dogs

Places shown: Merthyr Tydvil; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-06-30

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Plate 41. Cardiff Castle

The castle dates from 1090 or so; Robert son of William I was imprisoned there for 26 years. Cardiff is now capital of Wales; in 1904 it had a population of 164,333.

Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, towers

Places shown: Cardiff; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-06-30

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Plate 40. Caerphilli Castle, Glamorganshire

[unknown artist]

There is an official Caerphilly Castle web site (note modern spelling), complete with an image gallery.

Keywords: ruins, castles, clouds, cattle

Places shown: Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-06-30

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Plate 53. Remains of the Cloisters of Margam Abbey, Glamorganshire.

Drawn by H Gastineau, engraved by H. W. Bond. Earl Marshal (Richard or William?) stayed here in 1233. The Castles of Wales site has notes on the history of this period. The Margam Stones Museum has so [...]

Keywords: ruins, abbeys, gothic

Places shown: Port Talbot; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-06-30

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Steps at Powis Castle, Near Welshpool

A sketch (with difficult perspective) of stone staircases and balustrades leading up to a doorway on the side of Powis Castle (Powys Castle, as it is today). From a drawing by William Twopeny. This dr [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, stairs, staircases

Places shown: Powys; Welshpool; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-10-09

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390.—Cardiff Castle

as it appeared in 1775. First built around 1090, Cardiff castle was extensively rebuilt in the 19th Century. Cardiff Castle Web site “Fortunate was it for the country when a prince arose of such decid [...]

Keywords: castles, towers, birds, trees, water, boats, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Cardiff; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2005-12-20

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Penrice Castle: The Gate-House.

“This is the largest, but not [according to Sir Charles Oman] the most interesting, of the three castles of Gower. For though its enciente, round keep and gate-house are standing, it as as mere masses [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins

Places shown: Penrice; Gower Peninsula; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-03-15

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St. Donat’s Castle

Stradling Arms in Inner Court

Keywords: castles, entrances, heraldry

Places shown: Cowbrdge; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2004-07-02

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Plan of Caerphilly Castle

The key reads as follows: A. Gateway to Inner Ward. B. Gateway to Outer Ward. C. Gateway to Grand Front. D. S. Postern to Grand Front. E. Great Hall. F. Kitchen. “This is one of the largest, the most [...]

Keywords: castles, maps, plans

Places shown: Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2005-06-02

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Caerphilly Castle, South Wales

“For ten miles from Newport we wend our way over a dusty, ill-kept byroad with sharp turns and steep grades, and before we come to the village we see from some distance the broken towers and battleme [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, towers

Places shown: Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales

Added: 2006-08-28

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