Carreg Cennen Castle
The present castle at Carreg Cennen dates to the thirteenth century and Edward the first’s program of castle building. The site itself, however, has been occupied since Roman times (a cache of Roman coins and four prehistoric skeletons have been unearthed at the site). The first to build a castle here were the Welsh princes of Deheubarth. “The first mention of a medieval castle is in 1248 when Rhys Fychan regained control after his mother had handed the castle over to the English out of hatred for her son. Nothing remains of this earlier castle, the current buildings date back to the late 13th and early 14th centuries. In 1277 Edward I seized control of the castle, and in 1283 he gave it to one of his barons, John Giffard of Brimpsfield in Gloucestershire. It was probably during Giffard’s tenure Read more…