Beaumaris Castle was never finished, and that is what makes it so fascinating. Construction began in 1295 under King Edward I, a massive project designed to crush Welsh resistance once and for all. But the money ran out, the wars shifted, and the builders walked away leaving walls that stop at shoulder height and towers […]
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