{"id":3736,"date":"2023-07-06T20:29:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2023-07-06T20:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:29:04","slug":"carreg-cennen-castle-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3736","title":{"rendered":"Carreg Cennen Castle, Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Carreg_1553.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Carreg_1553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Carreg_1553.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Carreg_1553-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Carreg_1553-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> The castle, situated on a hilltop, dominates the surrounding countryside. It is accessible via Castell Farm, which actually owns the freehold of the castle. The farm has various rare breeds and a tearoom. Reaching the castle is via a stiff 20-minute walk. It is now ruined, but various levels can be explored, including a passage to a cave which was incorporated in the defences.  If you want to explore the cave you will need a torch as the lower part is totally dark. Spectacular views are available form the castle.<br \/>\nThe castle dates from the 13th Century, probably built for John Giffard, a Marcher Lord. It was garrisoned for the last time by Lancastrian forces during the Wars of the Roses, and after its capture in 1462, 500 men laboured for four months to dismantle it using picks and crowbars.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3763\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1554.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1554-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3763\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inner wall<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3764\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1555.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1555-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3764\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gatehouse<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3765\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1557.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1557-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3765\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from castle<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3766\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1559.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1559-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3766\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wall of solar<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3767\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1561.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1561-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3767\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relic at farmyard<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3768\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1562.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Carreg_1562-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3768\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmyard and castle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The castle, situated on a hilltop, dominates the surrounding countryside. It is accessible via Castell Farm, which actually owns the freehold of the castle. The farm has various rare breeds and a tearoom. Reaching the castle is via a stiff 20-minute walk. It is now ruined, but various levels can be explored, including a passage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3736\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Carreg Cennen Castle, Wales&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,1,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3770,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3736\/revisions\/3770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}