Built in blood. Claimed by verse. That’s Cardigan Castle. It didn’t just sit through the centuries watching from the sidelines.

Castell Dinas squats on a wind-torn ridge above the Rhiangoll pass. Black Mountains to the east. Brecon Beacons to the west. It is the highest castle in all of Wales, yet nobody lives there.

Grosmont Castle, a Norman stronghold in Monmouthshire, Wales, stands as a testament to medieval military architecture. Constructed in the 11th century, it played a pivotal role in the defence of the Welsh Marches

Caergwrle Castle stands as a silent sentinel over the village of Caergwrle in Flintshire, North Wales. Its weathered stones and crumbling walls hint at a turbulent past, deeply intertwined with the final days of Welsh independence.

Builth Castle, though now reduced to grassy mounds and ditches, once stood as a formidable stronghold in the Welsh Marches.

In the quiet village of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, the ruins of Skenfrith Castle stand as a testament to centuries of borderland conflict and architectural evolution.

Bronllys Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress located near the town of Talgarth in Powys, mid Wales.