Harlech Castle

Like an all-seeing Sentinel, spectacularly sited Harlech Castle gazes out across land and sea, keeping a watchful eye over Snowdonia.  The English monarch Edward I built Harlech in the late 13th century to fulfill this very role.  The rocky outcrop on which it is perched gives the castle immense strength.  Looking seaward Harlech's battlements are a continuation of a near-vertical cliff face, while any landward attackers would first have to deal with a massive twin-towered gatehouse.  Unsurprisingly, it is now a World Heritage Site.  The fortress's massive inner walls and towers still stand almost to their full height (the views from it's lofty battlements are