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Welsh Concentric Castle System
After Edward I's conquest of Wales, a castle-building system centered on concentric defenses was implemented, typified by Caernarfon, Conwy, and Harl…
Timeline
- 1291–1295Caernarfon–Conwy castle belt · GwyneddCastles such as Caernarfon and Conwy were completed in succession; English garrisons and supply fleets established a chain of defenses along the North Wales coast, suppressing residual resistance in Gwynedd.
- 1296–1300Coastal fortress group in northern Wales · WalesCastles were paired with chartered towns and road networks, transforming military strongholds into nodes of administration, taxation, and settler colonization, forming a long-term occupation system over Wales.
Sources
- The Castle in England and Wales: An Interpretative History — Colin Platt (1982)
- Edward I's Castles in Wales — Cadw https://cadw.gov.wales/edward-i-castles