Beaumaris, Castle And Recreation Ground 1911
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This was the last of Edward Longshanks' Welsh fortresses. Construction began in 1295 under the personal supervision of the King's engineer-architect Master James of St George. Master James used Harlech as the basis for the design, employing two large gatehouses instead of a keep. The walls were 15ft thick, and like the gatehouses they were flanked by six towers. Beaumaris was, in fact, never completed. War with Scotland, and Longshanks' desire to press his claims in France, meant that money was tight. The towers of the inner curtain were never completed to their intended height, and the great hall and other accommodation and domestic blocks in the inner ward were never begun.
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