Rhuddlan Castle

Rhuddlan Castle was designed by Master Bertram, the English king's engineer, but actually built in 1277-82 for Edward I by the famous Master James of St. George. Built on a site in North Wales recognised as strategic, it replaced a motte castle built about 1070. Rhuddlan is a concentric castle with an almost square inner bailey and a polygonal outer bailey ringed with towers and surrounded by a wide artificial moat on three sides and the River Clwyd on the fourth. There are massive twin-towered gatehouses at the east and west corners, and single cylindrical towers at the other two.

Llywelyn the Last's forces attacked the castle while it was under construction, and stole some supplies, but once completed, Rhuddlan never capitulated until 1646, when the Royalist garrison surrendered to the Parliamentarians and Cromwell had Rhuddlan partially demolished.

Photos of the Lego Model Built November 1990

West Northwest View (with Lego counterpart)	West View	Westsouthwest View


Painting of the Castle	Bucks Engraving of Rhuddlan


Northeast View	Entrance View

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