Denbigh Castle, crowning a steep hill above the town, enjoys commanding views of
the pastoral Vale of Clwyd. The castle, built as part of Edward1's
13th century campaigns against the Welsh, was put up by Henry
de Lacy, one of the King's chief commanders. Along with the castle, de Lacy established
a new English borough at Denbigh protected by town walls.
Following a Welsh rising in 1294, the castle's
construction proceeded on an even grander scale, culminating in the
mighty triple-towered great gatehouse, its finest feature.
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