Castle | Mark Simms Photography

Richmond

A few shots of Richmond and it’s 11th Century Castle:

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Criccieth

A few shots of the small sea-side town of Criccieth, gateway to the Llyn Peninsula, with it’s medieval hilltop castle:

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Picton Castle: Owls

Picton Castle in Pembrokeshire is also home to the Welsh Owl Garden:

Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Picton Castle

Built in 1280, Picton Castle has been developed over the centuries into Pembrokeshire’s finest stately home:

Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Much of what remains of Carew Castle today was the work of Sir Nicholas de Carew (who died in 1311) although it was slowly adapted over the next 250 years from Medieval fortress to Elizabethan manor.

Carew has a photogenic location situated next to a tidal mill pond.

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Pembroke Castle

There has been a castle on this site in Pembroke since 1093, although much of what you see today dates back to the 12th/13th Century.

The massive 80ft high cylindrical stone keep is a particularly noteworthy architectural feature. Pembroke was also the birth place of Henry Tudor in 1457, who became the future King Henry VII, first of the famous Tudor dynasty of English monarchs.

It was a particularly wet and grey day when we visited Pembroke Castle last October, so I’ve tried to work with that in the processing of the shots below, making them a little darker and more contrasty than I would normally.

Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales