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After we'd completed our circuit of Anglesey in 2011, including visits to Beaumaris Castle, an aquarium, a neolithic burial ground, and numerous photo stops, we crossed back onto the mainland and visited another castle. This was Caernarfon Castle, built in 1283 on the orders of Edward I and designed to look like the walls of Constantinople. It was captured during the Welsh rebellion around a decade later but retaken the following year, was a Royalist stronghold in the English Civil War, and was used as the site of the investitures of the Princes of Wales in the 20th century.

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It's an overcast day with deep, black and grey, moody clouds in the sky.We're at a high elevation, clearly on the wall of a medieval castle and we're looking mainly at another wall that angles away from us to the left. The wall is mostly intact, high on this side then stepping up twice more to large crenellations on the highest wall. There are two towers along the wall, one near us and only half-seen and the other at a point where the main wall angles slightly inwards. Both towers are square-based, about a third higher than the walls but also containing a smaller square tower of their own in one corner which rises yet further. The ground beneath us is grassy and mown short with some paths for visitors. Over the castle walls in the distance there are fields, trees, and rolling hills.

Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, 1934 - Valentine's Postcard

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Printed colour postcard showing an illustration of Caernarvon Castle in Caernarvonshire.
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee & London, Art Colour Series, No A 156, stamp box dated 1934.
Postally unused.
Very good condition, with very slight corner bumps.

More shots of #CaernarfonCastle

Daily #Wales part 6. To be fair I'm now pretty much castled out. There are only so many spiral staircase you can climb in one holiday and I've reached my limit.

#Caernarfon today, in shorts no less! I don't know whether my enthusiasm isn't there or what but while #CaernarfonCastle is pretty spectacular it wasn't my favourite. It'd be hell in high season.

#Llyn Peninsular tomorrow so fingers crossed for more nice weather.

Castle ramparts and tower. Woman looking up at the tower from which the photo was taken. Blue sky and white clouds on background

A few pictures of the Eleanor Cross in Dunstable. It was erected by Edward I after his wife, Queen Eleanor passed in 1290. The whole story about Edward and Eleanor presented in Caernarfon Castle (Eleanor's Room).

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#photography #caernarfoncastle #sculpture

An abstract sculpture formed from pieces of an imagined full bronze statue of a Middle Ages king, situated on a viewing platform in the grounds of Caernarfon Castle, North Wales.

Harlech Castle, located in North Wales, was first built by Edward I of England (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Harlech_Castle/ #History #BeaumarisCastle #CaernarfonCastle #ConwyCastle

The Motte and Bailey Castle was an early form of medieval fortification especially popular with the Normans in northern France and Britain during the 11th century CE. https://www.worldhistory.org/Motte_and_Bailey_Castle/ #History #CaernarfonCastle #CastleKeep #GreatHall

We took a trip to North Wales in February to get new designs for jigsaws and for a new shop opening in Beddgelert who had contacted us. Work sucks having to visit locations like this haha :) This is the stunning Caernarfon Castle in North Wales. I wanted blue skies and fluffy white clouds, but being Wales we got this instead. However, I rather like the moodiness of it.
https://www.dansantillo.com/gallery/restofwales/?photo=DS_303027 #CaernarfonCastle #Caernarfon #northwales #wales #cymru #castle #boats #architecture #history

Caernarfon Castle in North Wales on a cloudy day

The medieval toilet or latrine, then called a privy or garderobe, was a primitive affair, but in a castle, one might find a little more comfort and certainly a great deal more design effort than had been invested elsewhere. Practicality, privacy, and efficient waste disposal were all considered and, even today, one of the most prominent and easily identifiable features of ruined medieval castle...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1239/toilets-in-a-medieval-castle/ #BeaumarisCastle #CaernarfonCastle #CaerphillyCastle

Lovely to see #caernarfoncastle lit up for #nadolig this evening while enjoying a mulled wine and listening to carols. #caernarfon #NadoligLlawen

A choir in the centre with the castle lit up red to their right with reindeer patterns in white. The statue of David Lloyd George to their left is lit green.

A crowd at the front and a choir behind them, with the castle lit up green in the background with snowflake patterns in white projected onto it. The statue of David Lloyd George to the left is lit red.

A crowd at the front and a choir behind them, with the castle lit up blue in the background with Christmas images in white projected onto it. The statue of David Lloyd George to the left is lit green.

A close up of the castle lit in red with snowflakes projected onto it. A crowd is gathered in the foreground.

The Ricoh Auto 35 is definitely the coolest camera I've bought this year. Space age design from the early 60s that takes fully automatic photos. This presumably functions by magic, though some naysayers suggest it's something to do with the selenium meter 🤷🏼‍♂️

📷 Ricoh Auto 35
🎞️ Ilford FP4+

#BelieveInFilm #IlfordFP4plus #IShootIlford #VintageCamera #monochrome #Caernarfon #CaernarfonCastle #CastellCaernarfon #FilmPhotography #IShootFilm #AnaloguePhotography
#ilfordfilm #FilmIsAlive

Monochrome image of derelict doorway in Caernarfon

Black and white image of Caernarfon castle taken on Ilford hp4

Cei Llechi, Caernarfon

The best shot from my test roll on the Voigtlander Vito BL shot on Lady Grey. I'm impressed with the results from a 70 year old camera but it's probably going to need a CLA before more use.

📷 Voigtlander Vito BL
🎞️ Lomo Lady Gray

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#BelieveInFilm
#IShootFilm #Monochrome #VintageCameras #voigtlander
#LomographyLadyGrey
#AnaloguePhotography
#BlackAndWhite
#BlackAndWhiteFilm
#IShootFilm
#Caernarfon #CaernarfonCastle #castellcaernarfon

Black and white shot of Caernarfon cei llechi with Castell Caernarfon in the background. Taken on vintage camera.

Running through some of this year's rolls and some OK results from Ektar, though some focus issues so don't look too closely 😀

I'll post some of my favourites over the coming weeks.

🎞️ Kodak Ektar 100
📷 Canon EOS5

#IShootFilm #BelieveInFilm #mountain #eryri #snowdonia #KodakEktar100 #IShootKodak #SnowdoniaNationalPark #mynydda #photo #photography #hiking #HillWalking #CanonEOS5 #CanonFilmCamera #Caernarfon #CaernarfonCastle #AnalogPhotography #FilmPhotography

Cwm bychan with moel hebog in background

Huge anchor in front of Caernarfon town walls

Cwm bychan landscape with small hill looking like a large mountain

Caernarfon Castle (aka Caernarvon) is located in North Wales and was first built from 1283 CE by Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307 CE) to help, along with several other major castles, control the newly conquered area. As the administrative capital of Edward's still hostile province, Caernarfon Castle was tested in military attacks and modifications were then made to improve its defences which i...https://www.worldhistory.org/Caernarfon_Castle/ #BeaumarisCastle #CaernarfonCastle #ChepstowCastle