| Denbigh
Castle, crowning a steep hill above the town, enjoys commanding views
of the pastoral Vale of Clwyd. The castle, built as part of Edward I's 13th-century
campaigns against the Welsh, was put up by Henry de Lacy one of the king's
chief commanders. Along with the castle de Lacy established a new English
borough at Denbigh protected by town walls. Following a Welsh rising in
1294, the castle's construction proceeded on an even grander scale, culminating
in the mighty triple towered Great Gatehouse, its finest feature. Surprisingly
extensive fortifications can be seen at this impressive site, including
a circuit of town walls almost two thirds of a mile long. Along with Rhuddlan
Castle and Valle Crucis Abbey Denbigh castle features on the Denbighshire
Medieval Trail
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