- To help protect Cardiff castle, a number of subsequent fortifications were constructed in the surrounding area, one of which included Castell Coch.
- Castell Coch, Cardiff. 11,027 likes · 25 talking about this · 8,820 were here. Castell tylwyth teg Fictoraidd mru Wales’s Victorian fairy-tale castle.
- # A Historical Gem The history of Castell Coch dates back to the Norman era, with the first castle on the site built after 1081.
- Despite the fact that "even more than Cardiff Castle, Castell Coch is not a case of restoration but of recreation" (Crook, The High Victorian Dream, 281)...
- ...of Cardiff Castle, before embarking on Castell Coch following an archaeological assessment by G T Clark and partial excavation by Burges in 1872.
- MORE INFO: Castell Coch, Castle Hill, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, CF15 7JS Tel: 029 2081 0101 cadw@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
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- Castell Coch is situated in an ancient woodland and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) owned by CADW (a Welsh Government agency).
- Like Cardiff Castle, Castell Coch (literally ‘red castle’) was the brainchild of Victorian architect William Burges, working once again under the patronage of the...