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Two further excellent examples of the concentric fortress are included among the Edwardian castles in Wales . Harlech in Merioneth ( p . 81 ; 23 ) , raised between 1283 and 1290 , rivals Beaumaris in the military precision of its design ...
Two further excellent examples of the concentric fortress are included among the Edwardian castles in Wales . Harlech in Merioneth ( p . 81 ; 23 ) , raised between 1283 and 1290 , rivals Beaumaris in the military precision of its design ...
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... of these castles resulted from the conquest of Wales and was designed to perpetuate it . The urgency of military necessity also , as at Château - Gaillard , lies behind the speed with which the work was in the main carried through .
... of these castles resulted from the conquest of Wales and was designed to perpetuate it . The urgency of military necessity also , as at Château - Gaillard , lies behind the speed with which the work was in the main carried through .
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Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly acquired territory .
Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly acquired territory .
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