The most dramatically situated castle in Wales - or Europe for that matter. With its own pre historic cave and spell-binding views waiting to be experienced from the hilltop upon which the castle sits.
The most dramatically situated castle in Wales - or Europe for that matter. With its own pre historic cave and spell-binding views waiting to be experienced from the hilltop upon which the castle sits.
Carreg Cennen dominates its surroundings, and seems out of place in the mountainous farming terrain which it commands.
The story of Carreg Cennen Castle is a long one, going back at least to the 13th century. There is archaeological evidence, however, that the Romans and prehistoric peoples occupied the craggy hilltop centuries earlier (a cache of Roman coins and four prehistoric skeletons have been unearthed at the site). Although the Welsh Princes of Deheubarth built the first castle at Carreg Cennen, what remains today dates to King Edward I's momentous period of castle-building.
