2-625-630 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Caernarvon Castle', 1778. Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. Caernarfon (Caernarvon) Castle, one of the 'iron ring' surrounding Snowdonia built in the late 13th and early 14th century by Edward I to suppress potential Welsh rebellions. It withstood sieges in the uprising of 1294-1295 and again in 1403 and 1404 when the castle was besieged by the forces of Owain Glyndwr. From The Virtuosi's Museum; Containing Select Views in England, Scotland and Ireland by Paul Sandby (1731-1809). [G. Kearsly, London, ]