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walled town remained otherwise deserted, with only three irregular rows of cottages, holding a total of 163 inhabitants; these dwellings attracted complaint from the writer Samuel Lewis, who argued that they "materially diminished the interest excited by the ruins". The western tower of the Burgess Gate was then being used as a private house, as had the eastern tower until a few years before.
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Royalist reinforcements likely, Salesbury's position appeared hopeless but he held on, arguing that he had given assurances to the King that he would not surrender the castle. Finally, Charles I sent Salebsury a message, personally ordering him to give up Denbigh; after negotiations, Salesbury agreed to surrender on good terms on 26 October.
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new settlement; the inhabitants began to spread out beyond the walls onto the flatter ground further down the hill, spurred on by the limited space and poor water supply in the inner town. This was unusual compared to the experience of other walled towns established in Wales at the time and within fifty years the external
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Plan of the castle; A - Red Tower; B - Prison Tower; C - Porter's Lodge Tower; D - Bishop's Tower; E - Badnes Tower; F - Great Hall; G - Great Kitchen Tower; H - Tower-next-Treasure-House; I - pigeon house; J - Green Chambers; K - White Chamber and Pitcher House towers; L - Treasure House Tower; M -
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In the middle of the 19th century, the town created a "Castle Committee" to maintain the ruins; the Crown leased the committee control of the castle and in 1879 lent them £300 to fund repairs to the ruins. The Crown reclaimed control of the Burgess Gate from its occupants and carried out conservation
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for his guns along the eastern site of Denbigh. The Goblin Tower along the town walls, which contained the garrison's main well, was bombarded with artillery and Mytton placed more guns on nearby Galch Hill to attack the south-western side of the walls. With only one artillery piece of his own and no
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To the east of the gatehouse is the site of the Queen's Chapel, since destroyed and the castle well, which is over 50 feet (15 m) deep. The hexagonal, three-storey Great Kitchen Tower and the White Chamber Tower, which was slighted after the English Civil War, flank the foundations of the Great
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ordered it to be slighted, with various parts of the walls and towers being demolished. The site deteriorated further over the years and the old walled town remained almost deserted. In the middle of the 19th century, the town created a committee to manage the ruins and carried out restoration work.
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of defensive terraces and cross-walls stretches around the south and eastern sides of the castle and originally prevented the undermining of the mural towers and thinnest stretches of the curtain wall. This side of the castle was protected by the Treasure House Tower, which held the Treasure House;
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was established around 1769. Castle House, a large private dwelling, was also constructed there in either the second quarter or the middle of the century, using stone taken from the castle ruins and Leicester's church. In the middle of the 19th century, the historian John Williams observed that the
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in 1285, each of which promised to provide an armed man to help protect the settlement. The townsfolk were English, many from Henry's estates in northern England and were reinforced by further English colonists who acquired large areas of rural land around the region. From the earliest days of the
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and yellow sandstone, with the stonework forming a chequered design; this was a common decorative approach at the time and would have symbolised local civic pride. Although the top courses have been lost, the gatehouse might originally have stood up to 60 feet (18 m) tall. The section of the
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The town walls stretch for around 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) from the north edge of the castle to its southeastern tip and mostly remain intact. The walls were built in the 13th century and originally protected by four mural towers, positioned in a disorderly pattern; the two gatehouses and the
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Jasper returned to Denbigh in 1468 and although he could not take the castle, he burnt the interior of the walled town. The attack spurred an exodus from the walled town to the newer suburbs. By the end of 16th century the inner area had been largely abandoned, coming to form part of the external
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The walled circuit recommences in the north-east corner of the town, where the walls survive up to 15 feet (4.6 m) high, further protected by the two-storey tall North-Eastern Tower. On the eastern side of the walls, the original defences had been set back from the edge of a rocky
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The Great Gatehouse is formed by a triangle of octagonal towers around a central octagonal hall, protected by a barbican. The gatehouse was built using decorative bands of masonry in different colours, intended to symbolise Edward I's royal authority and displayed a statue, probably of
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At the southern end of the castle, the Postern Tower, originally three storeys high, links the castle to one end of the town walls. The adjacent Upper Gate and the Postern Gate formed a rear entrance to the castle, protected by another barbican, drawbridges and a steep passageway.
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base to prevent undermining. The walls between the Exchequer and Burgess Gate at the north-west corner of the circuit are intact. The Burgess Gate has two circular towers protecting a vaulted passage way, again with a distinctive glacis base. The gatehouse is built from white
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in charge of Denbigh, until Percy defected to the rebels in 1403. Despite being isolated, Denbigh remained in royal hands through to the end of the rebellion in 1407. Edmund continued to hold the castle until he died, childless, in 1425, when ownership passed to
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During his rule, Dudley also built a large Anglican parish church in the walled town, possibly intending it to become a cathedral and carried out some minor repairs to the castle but little other work was completed before his death in 1588.
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The walled circuit continues south, meeting the Bastion Tower in the south-east corner. The Bastion Tower was originally three storeys tall and was decorated with chequered sandstone and limestone in a similar fashion to the Burgess Gate.
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demolished parts of the curtain walls and two towers over the course of six weeks. The site fell further into ruin over the remainder of the century, with its stone being reused to build houses in the town. When granted briefly in 1696 to
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of defensive terraces and walls. The castle connects to the town walls, which remain largely intact and stretch for around 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) around the old town. The town walls were once protected by four towers and two
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with a huge army; after a month long siege, Dinbych fell to his forces in October 1282. The King created a new lordship to govern the district around Dinbych, which he renamed Denbigh and granted these lands to
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used in its construction, which linked to the other end of the town wall circuit. Stables, a blacksmith's workshop and storehouses once ran along the inside of the south-western corner of the castle.
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Plan of castle and town walls; A - Burgess Gate; B - North-Eastern Tower; C - Lord Leicester's Church; D - Countess Tower; Exchequer Gate; F - St Hilary's Chapel; G - Goblin Tower; H - castle
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forces; the walled town was attacked and burnt. In the aftermath, the old town was largely abandoned by its inhabitants, the walled area becoming an extension of the castle's defences.
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Only the foundations of the Exchequer Gate on the western side of the walls remain but the gatehouse would originally have been protected by two circular towers, with a rectangular
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Hall. Further south is the Pitcher House Tower, probably used for storing water during the summer months and the Green Chambers, so called because of the colour of their
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stonework. The chambers have basements specially designed for the storage of meat and wine and the upper storeys originally contained exceptionally fine accommodation.
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After Gwyn's execution on 15 October 1584, his head and one of his quarters were spiked upon Denbigh Castle. The other three quarters were similarly displayed at
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Mytton returned the next year with additional equipment and placed the castle and the walled town under a close siege in April 1646, erecting earthwork
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During Dudley's tenure, Denbigh Castle was used as a place of imprisonment for those considered traitors by the officials of the Crown, including many
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reacquired the lordship in 1355 and carried out repairs over the next fifty years to the castle's stonework and timber. In 1400,
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Much of the castle had fallen into decline by 1530 but six years later the castle became the centre for administrating the new
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Denbigh Castle is dominated by a triangle of three octagonal towers that forms its main entrance, considered by the historian
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the Tower-next-Treasure House; the Bishop's Tower, containing a sally port and the octagonal Red Tower, named after the
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The castle passed between various owners in the first half of the 14th century, before coming under the control of the
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assumed responsibility for the fortifications in 1914, with the site ultimately passing into the control of the Welsh
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to relieve the forces under siege there. Before this, Vaughan was attacked and defeated by a force commanded by Sir
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for hunting. The work had not been completed by 1294, when the Welsh temporarily seized the castle during the
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After Salesbury departed, Parliament installed a small garrison in the castle, under the command of Colonel
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were built first, in order to protect the construction teams and by 1285, Henry gave the new town its first
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considers the fortification to be "one of the outstanding architectural creations of the Welsh conquest".
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in 1457 but the fortification remained in the hands of the Yorkists. After the Lancastrian victory at the
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Minutes of Evidence Given Before the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire
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work, before then leasing the gatehouse to the committee in 1908. In 1914, the central government's
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forces in October 1646. The castle was seized by pro-Royalist soldiers in 1659, after which General
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In the 21st century, Denbigh Castle and the town walls are maintained by the Welsh heritage agency
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and there was an abortive Royalist attempt in 1648 to break into the castle to rescue the inmates.
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The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660
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took over responsibility for the site and during the late 1950s, its successor organisation, the
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encircling an inner area approximately 350 by 260 feet (107 by 79 m) across. The historian
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The town walls enclosed an area approximately 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) in size and held 63
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to be "the most architecturally sophisticated gatehouse of the thirteenth century". Eight
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a few weeks later, the rebels surrendered and the government retook the castle. General
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Ancient and Modern Denbigh: A Descriptive History of the Castle, Borough and Liberties
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Castle House is also known as by its Welsh name of Plas Castell in the 21st century.
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The building work on Denbigh Castle had not been completed by September 1294, when
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Denbigh Castle was constructed within what was originally the Welsh patrimony of
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Denbigh Castle is located on a naturally defensible, rocky outcrop above the
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Lives of the English Martyrs: Second Series; The Martyrs Declared Venerable
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Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire (1912).
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was trying to reduce the costs of maintaining the dilapidated property.
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and a Lancastrian supporter, was declared the constable of the castle by
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Medieval Town Walls: An Archaeology and Social History of Urban Defence
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Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire 1912
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The Lives and Times of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales 1535–1680
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defences along the eastern salient were added in the 14th century.
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A depiction of the castle and town walls around 1750, showing the
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led an uprising of Royalist and Presbyterian leaders against the
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together with all the 284 canonized and beatified martyrs of the
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Castles in Context: Power, Symbolism and Landscape, 1066 to 1500
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Canonizzazione di quaranta martiri dell'Inghilterra e del Galles
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Hemp, Wilfred James; Radford, Courtenay Arthur Ralegh (1965) .
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In 1282, Dafydd and Llywelyn rebelled against the King. Edward
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The following month, a Royalist army under the command of Sir
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against the Crown and raided the town of Denbigh. Since
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walls to the east of the Burgess Gate has been lost.
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Allen (1989). 1969:, British History Online 1967:"Denbigh - Denbighshire" 1125:List of castles in Wales 859:, intending to march to 855:, close to the ruins of 774:commemorates him on the 772:Catholic Church in Wales 654:Battle of Ludford Bridge 527:a Welsh revolt broke out 366:protect the rest of its 306:Madog ap Llywelyn revolt 273:[ˌkastɛɬˈdɪnbɨχ] 186:Madog ap Llywelyn revolt 3200:Castles in Denbighshire 3094:Architecture portal 2866:Williams, John (1856). 2638:Davis, Paul R. (2007). 2502:Hemp & Radford 1965 2356:Hemp & Radford 1965 2268:Hemp & Radford 1965 2224:Hemp & Radford 1965 2181:Hemp & Radford 1965 1635:Malcolm Pullan (2008). 903:Commonwealth government 822:First English Civil War 370:, further protected by 332:First English Civil War 2847:Walker, David (1990). 2695:Goodall, John (2011). 2623:. Stroud, UK: Tempus. 1081: 1005: 947: 913:then ordered it to be 817: 554: 486:Edward continued into 405: 268: 3205:Castle ruins in Wales 2604:. Cardiff, UK: Cadw. 1079: 1002: 941: 934:18th – 21st centuries 812: 544: 537:14th – 16th centuries 416:farming lands on the 399: 2564:Castles from the Air 2058:for visitor numbers. 1806:, pp. 240–242; 1359:, pp. 28, 217; 3235:Edward I of England 3106:Monarchy portal 1906:, pp. 259, 295 946:ruins of the castle 884:political prisoners 768:English Reformation 743:On 25 October 1970 479:. With the help of 468:invaded North Wales 122: /  2545:Anonymous (1908). 2354:, pp. 34–35; 2222:, pp. 26–27; 1963:, pp. 37–38; 1700:, pp. 18–19; 1570:, pp. 314–315 1566:, pp. 16–17; 1530:, pp. 140–141 1375:, pp. 9, 26; 1355:, pp. 9, 26; 1339:, pp. 12–13; 1319:, pp. 9, 26; 1082: 1006: 948: 818: 747:presided over the 575:Earl of Winchester 555: 481:James of St George 433:Dafydd ap Gruffudd 406: 300:and surrounded by 126:53.1806°N 3.4207°W 3126: 3125: 2858:978-0-521-31153-3 2839:978-1-84217-380-0 2820:978-0-212-98384-1 2784:978-0-8108-5100-9 2765:978-0-9545575-2-2 2746:978-0-436-19274-6 2710:978-0-30011-058-6 2687:978-1-84217-380-0 2649:978-0-86243-970-5 2630:978-0-7524-1445-4 2611:978-1-85760-281-4 2592:978-1-85760-238-8 2573:978-0-521-32932-3 1648:978-1-84748-258-7 969:Ministry of Works 880:George Twistleton 834:William Salesbury 700:Earl of Leicester 698:, later made the 630:Wars of the Roses 567:Earl of Lancaster 531:Madog ap Llywelyn 355:heritage agency. 321:Wars of the Roses 221: 220: 198:English Civil War 194:Wars of the Roses 16:(Redirected from 3247: 3167: 3166: 3165: 3155: 3154: 3153: 3143: 3142: 3141: 3134: 3118:Wales portal 3116: 3115: 3114: 3104: 3103: 3092: 3091: 3017:Hope (Caergwrle) 2989: 2929:castles in Wales 2920: 2913: 2906: 2897: 2896: 2879: 2862: 2843: 2824: 2805: 2788: 2769: 2750: 2731: 2714: 2702: 2691: 2672: 2653: 2634: 2615: 2596: 2577: 2558: 2532: 2526: 2517: 2511: 2505: 2495: 2486: 2476: 2470: 2464: 2458: 2452: 2446: 2436: 2430: 2420: 2414: 2408: 2399: 2389: 2383: 2377: 2371: 2365: 2359: 2349: 2343: 2337: 2331: 2330:, pp. 32–33 2325: 2319: 2313: 2307: 2306:, pp. 29–30 2301: 2295: 2289: 2283: 2282:, pp. 28–29 2277: 2271: 2261: 2255: 2245: 2239: 2238:, pp. 27–28 2233: 2227: 2217: 2211: 2210:, pp. 26–27 2205: 2196: 2190: 2184: 2178: 2172: 2162: 2156: 2155: 2154: 2152: 2145:"Denbigh Castle" 2140: 2139: 2137: 2117: 2111: 2110: 2108: 2106: 2086: 2080: 2079: 2078: 2076: 2065: 2059: 2057: 2056: 2054: 2049: 2040: 2034: 2028: 2022: 2012: 2006: 1996: 1990: 1984: 1978: 1977: 1976: 1974: 1958: 1952: 1951: 1950: 1948: 1936: 1930: 1929: 1928: 1926: 1913: 1907: 1901: 1895: 1889: 1883: 1877: 1871: 1861: 1855: 1848:Manganiello 2004 1845: 1839: 1832:Manganiello 2004 1829: 1823: 1820:Manganiello 2004 1817: 1811: 1801: 1795: 1785: 1779: 1776:Manganiello 2004 1769: 1763: 1757: 1744: 1743:, pp. 19–20 1738: 1732: 1729:Manganiello 2004 1726: 1717: 1711: 1705: 1695: 1689: 1683: 1677: 1671: 1665: 1659: 1653: 1652: 1632: 1626: 1619: 1613: 1606: 1600: 1594: 1583: 1577: 1571: 1561: 1555: 1554:, pp. 16–17 1549: 1543: 1537: 1531: 1517: 1511: 1497: 1491: 1481: 1475: 1469: 1460: 1454: 1435: 1434:, pp. 13–14 1429: 1423: 1417: 1411: 1405: 1396: 1386: 1380: 1370: 1364: 1350: 1344: 1334: 1328: 1314: 1308: 1298: 1289: 1283: 1277: 1271: 1265: 1259: 1253: 1243: 1237: 1227: 1221: 1215: 1209: 1204:, pp. 7–8; 1195: 1186: 1180: 1169: 1168:, pp. 4, 74 1164:, pp. 3–5; 1159: 1153: 1152:, pp. 7, 10 1143: 928:Earl of Portland 924:William Bentinck 646:Earl of Pembroke 520:villa mercatoria 275: 259: 254: 253: 250: 249: 246: 243: 240: 237: 234: 142:Site information 137: 136: 134: 133: 132: 131:53.1806; -3.4207 127: 123: 120: 119: 118: 115: 89: 88: 82: 66: 57: 32: 31: 21: 3255: 3254: 3250: 3249: 3248: 3246: 3245: 3244: 3175: 3174: 3173: 3163: 3161: 3151: 3149: 3139: 3137: 3129: 3127: 3122: 3112: 3110: 3098: 3086: 3078: 3057: 3021: 2990: 2981: 2930: 2924: 2887: 2882: 2859: 2840: 2821: 2785: 2766: 2747: 2711: 2688: 2650: 2631: 2612: 2593: 2574: 2540: 2535: 2527: 2520: 2512: 2508: 2496: 2489: 2477: 2473: 2465: 2461: 2453: 2449: 2437: 2433: 2421: 2417: 2409: 2402: 2394:, p. 147; 2390: 2386: 2378: 2374: 2366: 2362: 2350: 2346: 2338: 2334: 2326: 2322: 2314: 2310: 2302: 2298: 2290: 2286: 2278: 2274: 2262: 2258: 2250:, p. 159; 2246: 2242: 2234: 2230: 2218: 2214: 2206: 2199: 2191: 2187: 2179: 2175: 2171:, pp. 1, 3 2167:, p. 128; 2163: 2159: 2150: 2148: 2135: 2133: 2118: 2114: 2104: 2102: 2087: 2083: 2074: 2072: 2067: 2066: 2062: 2052: 2050: 2047: 2041: 2037: 2029: 2025: 2017:, p. 203; 2013: 2009: 1997: 1993: 1985: 1981: 1972: 1970: 1965:Lewis, Samuel, 1959: 1955: 1946: 1944: 1937: 1933: 1924: 1922: 1914: 1910: 1902: 1898: 1890: 1886: 1878: 1874: 1862: 1858: 1846: 1842: 1830: 1826: 1818: 1814: 1802: 1798: 1790:, p. 239; 1786: 1782: 1770: 1766: 1758: 1747: 1739: 1735: 1727: 1720: 1712: 1708: 1696: 1692: 1684: 1680: 1672: 1668: 1660: 1656: 1649: 1633: 1629: 1620: 1616: 1607: 1603: 1595: 1586: 1578: 1574: 1562: 1558: 1550: 1546: 1538: 1534: 1526:, p. 367; 1518: 1514: 1506:, p. 367; 1498: 1494: 1482: 1478: 1470: 1463: 1455: 1438: 1430: 1426: 1418: 1414: 1406: 1399: 1387: 1383: 1371: 1367: 1351: 1347: 1335: 1331: 1315: 1311: 1303:, p. 10; 1299: 1292: 1284: 1280: 1272: 1268: 1260: 1256: 1244: 1240: 1228: 1224: 1216: 1212: 1196: 1189: 1181: 1172: 1160: 1156: 1144: 1137: 1133: 1116: 1074: 997: 992: 984:listed building 965:Office of Works 936: 849:William Vaughan 807: 676:. 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including 877: 869: 851:gathered at 846: 842:Rowton Heath 828:was solidly 819: 805:17th century 799: 795:John Roberts 757: 749:canonization 745:Pope Paul VI 742: 727: 723:Richard Gwyn 713:towards the 708: 692:Denbighshire 685: 670:Burgess Gate 666: 642:Jasper Tudor 627: 623:Duke of York 591: 556: 547:Burgess Gate 524: 519: 512: 485: 465: 430: 407: 392:13th century 368:curtain wall 364:mural towers 360:John Goodall 357: 329: 310: 223: 222: 165:Site history 41: 29: 3012:Dolwyddelan 2942:Aberystwyth 2529:Butler 2007 2514:Butler 2007 2504:, p. 8 2498:Butler 2007 2483:Turner 1970 2479:Butler 2007 2467:Butler 2007 2455:Turner 1970 2439:Butler 2007 2427:Turner 1970 2423:Butler 2007 2411:Butler 2007 2396:Butler 2007 2380:Butler 2007 2368:Butler 2007 2358:, p. 6 2352:Butler 2007 2340:Butler 2007 2328:Butler 2007 2316:Butler 2007 2304:Butler 2007 2292:Butler 2007 2280:Butler 2007 2270:, p. 4 2264:Butler 2007 2236:Butler 2007 2226:, p. 3 2220:Butler 2007 2208:Butler 2007 2183:, p. 7 2169:Butler 2007 1999:Butler 2007 1880:Butler 2007 1864:Butler 2007 1852:Butler 2007 1836:Butler 2007 1808:Butler 2007 1792:Butler 2007 1772:Butler 2007 1760:Butler 2007 1741:Butler 2007 1714:Butler 2007 1698:Butler 2007 1597:Butler 2007 1580:Butler 2007 1564:Butler 2007 1552:Butler 2007 1520:Butler 2007 1500:Butler 2007 1484:Butler 2007 1472:Butler 2007 1457:Butler 2007 1432:Butler 2007 1420:Butler 2007 1408:Butler 2007 1393:Turner 2010 1389:Butler 2007 1361:Butler 2007 1343:, p. 8 1337:Butler 2007 1325:Butler 2007 1286:Butler 2007 1274:Butler 2007 1262:Butler 2007 1246:Butler 2007 1236:, p. 6 1234:Butler 2007 1220:, p. 8 1208:, p. 6 1206:Butler 2007 1185:, p. 6 1183:Butler 2007 1166:Walker 1990 1162:Butler 2007 919:John Carter 826:North Wales 791:David Lewis 738:Holt Castle 678:antiquarian 634:Lancastrian 628:During the 614:Henry Percy 410:Perfeddwlad 344:George Monk 330:During the 325:Lancastrian 294:walled town 170:In use 129: / 105:Coordinates 3179:Categories 2957:Caernarfon 2927:Edward I's 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414:pastoral 3210:Denbigh 3169:History 3131:Portals 3038:Denbigh 2972:Harlech 2876:9352877 2105:22 July 2075:7 April 2053:7 April 1973:6 April 1947:6 April 1925:6 April 1104:salient 1061:mantlet 1050:Gwespyr 861:Chester 780:priests 730:Wrexham 638:Yorkist 619:Richard 612:placed 496:charter 453:buttery 387:History 376:mantlet 278:Denbigh 51:Denbigh 3053:Ruthin 2952:Builth 2874:  2855:  2836:  2817:  2800:  2781:  2762:  2743:  2726:  2707:  2684:  2667:  2646:  2627:  2608:  2589:  2570:  2553:  2143:Cadw, 2071:, Cadw 1939:Cadw, 1917:Cadw, 1645:  1090:glacis 1036:and a 995:Castle 926:, the 890:, the 736:, and 688:county 644:, the 621:, the 602:revolt 600:led a 581:, the 573:, the 565:, the 563:Thomas 551:glacis 475:, the 459:and a 457:chapel 445:castle 374:and a 298:castle 178:Events 160:Ruined 3145:Wales 3062:Other 3033:Chirk 2967:Flint 2962:Conwy 2048:(PDF) 559:Alice 553:spurs 508:parks 265:Welsh 147:Owner 55:Wales 3048:Holt 2872:OCLC 2853:ISBN 2834:ISBN 2815:ISBN 2798:OCLC 2779:ISBN 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Denbigh Castle
Denbigh
Wales

Denbigh Castle and town walls is located in Wales
53°10′50″N 3°25′15″W / 53.1806°N 3.4207°W / 53.1806; -3.4207
Cadw
Welsh Wars
Madog ap Llywelyn revolt
Glyndŵr Rising
Wars of the Roses
English Civil War
Listed Building
/ˈdɛnbi/
DEN-bee
Welsh
[ˌkastɛɬˈdɪnbɨχ]
Denbigh
Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England
Henry de Lacy
Earl of Lincoln
walled town
castle
deer parks
Madog ap Llywelyn revolt
Mortimer family
Glyndŵr Rising
Wars of the Roses
Lancastrian
First English Civil War

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