We are the Welsh Government's historic environment service working for an accessible and well-protected historic environment for Wales.| cadw.gov.wales
Welsh fortress-palace transformed into regal residenceThe unmistakable silhouette of Raglan crowning a ridge amid glorious countryside is the grandest castle ever built by Welshmen.We can thank Sir William ap Thomas, the ‘blue knight of Gwent’, for the moated Great Tower of 1435 that still dominates this mighty fortress-palace. His son Sir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, created the gatehouse with its flared ‘machicolations’.| cadw.gov.wales
Magnificent medieval fortress still towers over town after 700 yearsThanks to restored spiral staircases in its great towers you can walk a complete circuit around the battlements of Castell Conwy. We highly recommend it. This is one of the most magnificent medieval fortresses in Europe.In the distance rise the craggy mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia) and spread out below you are the harbour and narrow streets of Conwy – still protected by an unbroken 1,400-yard (1.3km) ring of town walls.| cadw.gov.wales