IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

BRITAIN: WALES
CAERNARVON (CAERNARVON CASTLE)

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PLANS AND DRAWINGS


Floorplan


Plans of Gatehouse

Adapted form Toy, Castles
Defenses
Bule- Moat
Green- portcullus gates
Pink- Holes to drop objects and substances on attackers 

Side View

Floor Plan


EXTERIOR

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972
View from Quay (S.E)
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972
Castle and River Seiont, with Bridge
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972
Eagle Tower  and Inner Bailey
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972
N. E. Tower and Turret, Watch Tower, and Queen's Gate
Note that the wall to the left has 3 rows of slits for archers

Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image


Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972
View of King's Gate, Prison Tower, and
Well Tower, with Menai Strait beyond
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1972
The Lower Ward
Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image



Preliminary Notes
 

Comparative Material

Click here to see a page about the Welsh castles of Edward I


Preliminary Bibliography

Humphries, P. H.. Castles of Edward the First in Wales. London : H.M.S.O., 1983.  Number:   DA737 .H85 1983

Phillips, Alan.Caernarvon Castle, Castell Caernarfon, an illustrated souvenir. London : H.M. Stationery Off., c1961, 1970. LC Number: NA994.C12 P5

Platt, Colin. The Castle in Medieval England and Wales. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1981. ISBN 0 76070 054 0

Taylor, A. J. (Arnold Joseph) Castell Caernarfon, Caernaryon Castle Cardiff, H.M.S.O. [for the Ministry of Public Building & Works] 1969. LC  Number: NA994.C12 T2c

Taylor, A. J. (Arnold Joseph) Caernarvon Castle and town walls,London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1953. LC Number NA994.C12 T2

Taylor, A. J. (Arnold Joseph) The Welsh castles of Edward I . London : Hambledon, 1986. LC Number: NA497 G7T39 1986

Thompson, Alexander Hamilton.  Military architecture in England during the middle ages, by A. Hamilton Thompson ... illustrated by 200 photographs,   drawings, and plans. London, New York [etc.] H. Frowde, 1912.  LC number NA963 .T46

Toy, Sidney.  Castles, a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600 London, Toronto, W. Heinemann, ltd. [1939]. LC Number:  NA490 .T75


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