2-751-287 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Carreg Cennen Castle', c1870. Carreg Cennen Castle on a limestone precipice in the Brecon Beacons above the River Cennen in Carmarthenshire, Wales, has been in ruins since 1462 when it became a Lancastrian stronghold during the Wars of the Roses with a Yorkist force then capturing and demolishing it. From "Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. II". [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, c1870]