DINAS BRAN. CASTLE LLANGOLLEN

Dinas bran castle Llangollen alot of people don't realize that Llangollen has a castle has it is on top of a high mountain you can make out the ruins from the main road.
In it's time it covered a large area and was a large castle going by the layout the ruins , when you reach the top where the ruins are there are great views all around.
Dinas Brân is in what was once the ancient Kingdom of Powys. The last Prince of Powys Gruffydd Maelor died in 1191 and the kingdom was divided into Powys Fadog in the north and Powys Wenwynwyn in the south. His son, Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor was lord of Powys Fadog and founded the nearby Valle Crucis Abbey. Although no archaeological evidence has been found some records suggest he ruled from Dinas Brân. If a structure did exist it would have been a wooden fortification probably consisting of a wooden palisade surrounding a hall and other buildings. These early records further say it was destroyed by fire and then the new castle was built on the same site, therefore little prospect for finding any archaeological evidence of the early building remains. An even earlier structure has been suggested, belonging to Elisedd ap Gwylog from the 8th century (Ried 1973). It was this Elisedd who was responsible for the Pillar of Eliseg and is one of the founders of the kingdom of Powys, but again no physical evidence for any structure at Dinas Brân has been found.(Kightly, 2003)

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• DINAS
• BRAN.
• CASTLE
• LLANGOLLEN
• NORTH
• WALES
• COUNTRYSIDE
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