If ever in Wales, go here. Its brilliant. The staff are lovely and the surrounding is too. Make sure you walk around the castle, parts that are unstable will have no entry signs. The rest is up to you. Its a lovely/spooky place. The only thing that spoils it is some rust cans here and there. The grounds men were always out about and seemed to leave them, but they could have just tumbled in. Go see! It's lovely otherwise
What a castle! Beautiful hotel now, but wow! What a gorgeous setting that place is. Incredible to see the outlines of the older buildings on the side, incredible really. Such cool ruins, love that you can walk down and around! Thanks for sharing and showing us about!
The was a grave and dungoen under the floor grass we were walking on, looks like entrance is a bit dodgy now. We saw the entrance as we drove out, would love a look in but fenced off 😪
What a truly stunning place, so much to see. Loved the spiral stairs shame there was a gate at the bottom. The peacocks are so beautiful. Brilliant video, great place to explore 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it, it was like a mini adventure. There was also a stone circle in a field at the front but it was a modern one (did a quick google) Gorsedd Stones. Didn't know there were new ones!!
That bit around 8 mins where you said "that's the bit we've just been down there" is a different area to where you were, they are not connected. The gate with the No Entry sign on was presumed to be the dungeons/holding area. The towered entrance is dilapidated inside, and extremely dangerous, which is why it's boarded up. The Grey Lady's grave is a myth that she was buried there, it was more likely she was buried lower down and outside the castle walls as her crime would not allow her to be buried on consecrated land (the mediaeval hall was originally the site of the stables and a Chapel). The spiral staircase that you descended around the 20min mark, led to a Sally Port (a secure, controlled entryway into castle) The original fortification would probably have been motte and bailey. But the first documented castle on this site was given to Dafydd, brother of Prince Llewelyn ap Gruffydd by King Edward I of England in 1277 in return for his treacherous help during the invasion of North Wales that year. It was originally known by the Welsh name of Castell Coch yn yr Gwernfor or The Red Castle in the Great Marsh.
@@angleseyisle Yep, i worked there for 6 years as a Night Porter, so used to open and close the gates where you were walking. The grounds were not in the state they are now, and many of the now blocked areas were open to the public, including the 'grave' area. It's basically a large slab of rock on the floor, and a couple of roundish rocks near to the 'grave'. But the reason i believe that she isn't buried there, like i said in my previous comment, was to do with her crime of murder, but also the tower floor would have been considerably lower than where it is now. Here's a bit of history i researched when i was tasked by the owner at the time, to produce a short history of the castle. During the Civil War, in 1646 the Parliamentary forces under the command of Major-General Mytton were given the task of reducing the castles of North Wales and their first target was Ruthin. The castle withstood an 11 week siege, during which time the walls were massively attacked with artillery, the defenders surrendered only when the attacking forces announced their intention to mine the walls. In 1648 the castle was dismantled following an act of parliament which was passed to stop the reoccupation of fortresses by hostile forces. (Slighting) The walls were torn down and the timber and stone was carted away for use elsewhere. Some of the towers were filled with rocks and soil, so they could not be re-used, in fact many of the houses in Ruthin have stones from the castle.
If ever in Wales, go here. Its brilliant. The staff are lovely and the surrounding is too. Make sure you walk around the castle, parts that are unstable will have no entry signs. The rest is up to you. Its a lovely/spooky place. The only thing that spoils it is some rust cans here and there. The grounds men were always out about and seemed to leave them, but they could have just tumbled in. Go see! It's lovely otherwise
What a castle! Beautiful hotel now, but wow! What a gorgeous setting that place is. Incredible to see the outlines of the older buildings on the side, incredible really. Such cool ruins, love that you can walk down and around! Thanks for sharing and showing us about!
The was a grave and dungoen under the floor grass we were walking on, looks like entrance is a bit dodgy now. We saw the entrance as we drove out, would love a look in but fenced off 😪
@@angleseyisle Incredible!! They always fence of the good bits :P
What a truly stunning place, so much to see. Loved the spiral stairs shame there was a gate at the bottom. The peacocks are so beautiful. Brilliant video, great place to explore 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it, it was like a mini adventure. There was also a stone circle in a field at the front but it was a modern one (did a quick google) Gorsedd Stones. Didn't know there were new ones!!
@@angleseyisle I think they were erected for the National Eisteddfod in 1973
That bit around 8 mins where you said "that's the bit we've just been down there" is a different area to where you were, they are not connected. The gate with the No Entry sign on was presumed to be the dungeons/holding area. The towered entrance is dilapidated inside, and extremely dangerous, which is why it's boarded up. The Grey Lady's grave is a myth that she was buried there, it was more likely she was buried lower down and outside the castle walls as her crime would not allow her to be buried on consecrated land (the mediaeval hall was originally the site of the stables and a Chapel). The spiral staircase that you descended around the 20min mark, led to a Sally Port (a secure, controlled entryway into castle)
The original fortification would probably have been motte and bailey.
But the first documented castle on this site was given to Dafydd, brother of Prince Llewelyn ap Gruffydd by King Edward I of England in 1277 in return for his treacherous help during the invasion of North Wales that year.
It was originally known by the Welsh name of Castell Coch yn yr Gwernfor or The Red Castle in the Great Marsh.
Awesome, thank you. Did you ever get chance to see inside the grave area?
@@angleseyisle Yep, i worked there for 6 years as a Night Porter, so used to open and close the gates where you were walking. The grounds were not in the state they are now, and many of the now blocked areas were open to the public, including the 'grave' area. It's basically a large slab of rock on the floor, and a couple of roundish rocks near to the 'grave'. But the reason i believe that she isn't buried there, like i said in my previous comment, was to do with her crime of murder, but also the tower floor would have been considerably lower than where it is now. Here's a bit of history i researched when i was tasked by the owner at the time, to produce a short history of the castle.
During the Civil War, in 1646 the Parliamentary forces under the command of Major-General Mytton were given the task of reducing the castles of North Wales and their first target was Ruthin. The castle withstood an 11 week siege, during which time the walls were massively attacked with artillery, the defenders surrendered only when the attacking forces announced their intention to mine the walls.
In 1648 the castle was dismantled following an act of parliament which was passed to stop the reoccupation of fortresses by hostile forces. (Slighting) The walls were torn down and the timber and stone was carted away for use elsewhere. Some of the towers were filled with rocks and soil, so they could not be re-used, in fact many of the houses in Ruthin have stones from the castle.
@@GiggleBytes2011 thank you, I have learned a lot from your experience. 😀
@@angleseyisle You're very welcome sir :)
Going here for two sleeps in a week or two! Can’t wait
We had a look round and it's really nice, have fun!