Carreg Cennen Castle
Carreg Cennen Castle, perched high on the edge of the Afon Cennen gorge in the Breacon Beacons National Park, which plunges 90 m down to the green fields, draws the visitor with an inexplicable magnetism. The castle's early years are confused by a mixture of fact and fantasy, and the story of a fortress 1st being built on this limestone crag in the Dark Ages by one of King Arthur's knights, Sir Urien Rheged, Lord of Iskennen, is one of the many Arthurian legends. It is more likely that the 1st castle on this site was raised by the Welsh Lord Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth, in the late 12th century and passed to his son Rhys Fachan, who lost it to the English when he was betrayed by his mother. He regained control of the castle in 1248, which was then seized in 1277 by Edward I, only to be captured in 1287 by the brothers Gruffydd and Llywelyn ap Maredudd. The castle appears to have been...
