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Built for King Edward I between 1283-87, Master James of St George's design at Conwy remains one of the most outstanding achievements of medieval military architecture.

Built between 1283 and 1289 by Master James of St George for King Edward I.

Begun in 1295, this unfinished castle is the last and largest of King Edward I's Welsh fortifications.

Late nineteenth-century 'fairytale'-style castle, built on medieval remains, designed for the third marquess of Bute by William Burges.

Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131 in the beautiful Wye valley.

Remains of impressive fifteenth-century castle built by Sir William ap Thomas and his son William Herbert, remodelled by William Somerset, third earl of Worcester, 1549-89.

The site of the 50-acre (20.3ha) Roman legionary fortress of Isca, the permanent base of the Second Augustan Legion in Britain from about A.D.

Perched in an imposing position, the castle is still dominated by the twin-towered gatehouse built by Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth ('the Great').

Impressive remains of a castle established as a huge earthwork in the early twelfth century.

There are few castles in Wales - or Europe for that matter - which can boast a more spectacular location than Carreg Cennen.