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| Contribution | Contributor/Date |
| A new section has been added to the site's main menu. "Castle News & Articles" features links to recent castle news. | October 2025 |
| New Links Page entry for Castle Crawl Cymru, a guide for planning trips through Wales' medieval history. | August 2025 |
| New photo tour of lovely Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire, an historic and beautiful castle overlooking the coast. | John Northall / August 2025 |
| New high-resolution photo essay tour for White Castle, one of Monmouthshire's most impressive castles. (21 new photos) | John Northall / July 2025 |
| New page and photographs for lesser-known Pill Priory located in Pembrokeshire. | John Northall / April 2025 |
| New photographs for newly-listed, lesser-known Castlemartin Castle in Pembrokeshire. | John Northall / Feb 2025 |
| New photographs for lost/vanished castle Dinas Powys Castle 2 located in the Vale of Glamorgan. | John Northall / Feb 2025 |
| New photographs for Castell Deudraeth located on the grounds of Portmeirion. Mentioned by Gerald of Wales in 1188. | John Northall / Dec 2024 |
| Reorganized the Historical Essays page, placing each principal author's essays underneath their names. | November 2024 |
| New photographs for Caernarfon Castle, one of the most educational and best-preserved castles in Wales. | John Northall / Oct 2024 |
| New photographs for lost/vanished Kenfig Castle. Lots of photos to document what remains visible at the site. | John Northall / Oct 2024 |
| New Photographs for Flint Castle, a site that some consider the beginning of the Lancastrian dynasty. | John Northall / Oct 2024 |
| New photographs for lesser-known Castell Morgraig. Was this a Norman castle, a Welsh castle, or both? | John Northall / Oct 2024 |
| New high-resolution photographs for Narberth Castle in Pembrokeshire | John Northall / Oct 2024 |
| New photographs for lesser-known Lleiniog Motte located on the Isle of Anglesey | John Northall / Oct 2024 |
| New photographs for lesser-known Aberlleiniog Motte located on the Isle of Anglesey | John Northall / Oct 2024 |
| New castle page, essay, photographs, and drawing for lesser-known Erddig Castle in North Wales | John Northall / Sept 2024 |
| Beautiful new photographs for Twmpath Castle, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, another vanished castle | Bryony Crossley / Sept 2024 |
| New-look main menu, streamlined for easier reading and navigation | September 2024 |
| Newly scanned and improved photos for Goodrich Castle | August 2024 |
| The Lost Castle Spotlight for August is Doman Las, a motte-and-bailey associated with Owain Glyn Dwr | August 2024 |
| Travelogue essay for 1996 has been completed and uploaded. Follow this link to view the essay | August 2024 |
| Newly scanned and improved photos for Oxwich Castle | July 2024 |
| Newly scanned and improved photos for Penhow Castle | July 2024 |
| Travelogue essay for 1995 has been completed and uploaded. Follow this link to view the essay | July 2024 |
| The Lost Castle Spotlight for July in Nevern Castle, one of the principal seats of the Welsh prince Rhys ap Gruffydd | July 2024 |
| New page, essay, and photographs for Cardigan Old Castle | John Northall / June 2024 |
| New Hi-Res photographs of Picton Castle in Pembrokeshire. Diolch John! | John Northall / June 2024 |
| New page and photos for The Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber in Pembrokeshire. (I know, its not a castle) | June 2024 |
| The Lost Castle Spotlight for June is Sycharth, home and principal court of Welsh patriot Owain Glyndwr | June 2024 |
| New section Castle Travelogue, detailing some of the trips my wife and I have made to Wales, with photographs | May 2024 |
| New page on the History of the Castles of Wales Website; why, and how it all began and how the site developed | May 2024 |
| Additional entries for our "Vanished Castles" page which now totals 100+ entries | May 2024 |
| May's Lost Castle Spotlight features the spectacularly situated Castell Dinas, Powys, mid-Wales | May 2024 |
| Added a new main menu item featuring website Statistics and Metrics, just for fun! | May 2024 |
| Added a section on J.M.W. Turner to the Welsh Castles as Art page, featuring several of his Welsh castle paintings. | May 2024 |
| New, improved photographs for Castell Moel, one of the many vanished castles of Wales | Jan Kohl / April 2024 |
| New photographs for the following castles: Flint ♦ Llansteffan ♦ Pembroke ♦ Weobley ♦ Llawhaden ♦ Newcastle Emlyn | Jan Kohl / April 2024 |
| Stunning new aerial photographs from contributor Jan Kohl & castlegraphics.com for the following castles: | Jan Kohl / April 2024 |
| Dryslwyn ♦ Conwy ♦ Manorbier ♦ Dolbadarn ♦ Criccieth ♦ Beaumaris ♦ Dolwyddelan ♦ Caernarfon ♦ Carew | |
| Laugharne ♦ Denbigh ♦ Rhuddlan ♦ Aberystwyth ♦ Llawhaden ♦ Pembroke ♦ Castell Moel | |
| New photos for Hays Castle Motte | John Northall / March 2024 |
| Site update, phase 2: Main page rewritten, main menu updated, individual page updates including text and | March 2024 |
| photograph justification and centering. | |
| New photos and historical timeline for Haverfordwest Castle | John Northall / Sept 2023 |
| Created a new main menu item for Recommended Castles | Sept 2023 |
| New main menu item: Vanished/Lost Castles | Sept 2023 |
| New photographs for Penmon Priory Isle of Anglesey | Jeff Thomas /Aug 2023 |
| Updated the main castle index page; reorganized the page, added brief comments for each castle entry, and | July 2023 |
| created "editor's choice" recommended sites. | |
| Created a new main menu item; Lost Castle Spotlight, for lesser-known castles. | July 2023 |
| Began site update/clean up; repairing/deleting broken links, updating and reorganizing pages. Began with the | July 2023 |
| Home page and principal sub-menu pages. | |
| New Photographs of Castell Coch | Bill Damick |
| New Photographs of Pen y Bryn | John Northall |
| New Photographs for Carn Fadryn Castle | John Northall |
| "A Case of Mistaken Identity" a new essay by Catherine A. Armstrong | Catherine Armsrtong |
| New Photographs for Castell Cynfael | Irma Hale |
| New Photographs for Newport Castle | Irma Hale |
| New Photographs for Usk Castle | Irma Hale |
| New Photographs for Penmark Castle | Irma Hale |
| New Photographs for Old Beaupre Castle | Irma Hale |
| New Photographs for Cymer Castle | Irma Hale |
| New Photographs for Castell Prysor (Welcome back Irma!) | Irma Hale |
| New Photographs & Essay for Angle Tower House | John Northall |
| New Photographs & Essay for Castlebythe Castle | John Northall |
| New Photographs of Degannwy Castle | John Northall |
| New Page & Photographs for Moel Froehas Castle | John Northall |
| New Page & Photographs for Pennarth Fawr Medieval Hall-House | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Page & Photographs for the Anelog Stones & Saint Hywyn's Church, Aberdaron | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Page & Photographs for Eglwys Gwyddelod Stone Circle, Pennal | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Page & Photographs for Saint Michael's Church, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Page & Photographs for the Nevern Cross and the Church of Saint Brynach | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Page & Photographs for Eliseg's Pillar | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Page & Photographs for the Maen Achwyfan Cross | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Page & Photographs for the Carew Cross | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Photographs of Valle Crucis Abbey | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Photographs of the Memorial Sculpture at Valle Crucis Abbey (big & beautiful!) | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| Additional photographs of Tomen y Mur | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Crickhowell Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Caldicot Castle | Steve Rowland |
| New photographs of Llanthony Priory | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Castell Machen (aka Castell Meredydd) | Steffan Johnson |
| New photographs of Harlech Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Tomen y Faerdre | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Tomen y Rhodwydd | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Castell Dinas Bran | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Chirk Castle & Gardens | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Powis Castle & Gardens | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Stokesay Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Ludlow Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Dolbadarn Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Criccieth Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Croft Castle Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Dolbenmaen Motte | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Grosmont Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Tomen y Bala Castle | John Northall |
| New photographs of Monmouth Castle | John Northall |
| New page & photographs for Castell Mael | John Northall |
| New page & photographs for Henry's Moat | John Northall |
| New photographs of Skenfrith Castle | Bill Damick |
| New photographs of St. David's Cathedral | Bill Damick |
| New photographs of Roch Castle | Bill Damick |
| New page & photographs for Walwyn's Castle | John Northall |
| New page & photographs of Chester Castle | John Northall |
| New page: Memorial slab of Princess Joan, wife of Llywelyn the Great | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New page: The Gargoyles of Raglan Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New page: Memorial Sculpture at Valle Crucis Abbey. | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Oystermouth Castle | Bill Damick |
| New photographs of Cymer Abbey | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Chepstow Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Tintern Abbey | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Raglan Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New Virtual Tour of Raglan Castle (68 photographs!) | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Y Foelas Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Ewloe Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Beaumaris Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Basingwerk Abbey | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Valle Crucis Abbey | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Denbigh Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Sycharth Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Conwy Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Glyndyfrdwy (Owain Glyndwr's Mound) | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Tomen y Mur | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Rhuddlan Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Twthill Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| Two new photos of Wilton Castle | Malcom Ransom |
| New Castle added: Bicton Castle, Shropshire | Philip Davis |
| New Castle added: Brompton Mill Castle, Shropshire | Philip Davis |
| New Castle added: Broadward Hall Motte, Shropshire | Philip Davis |
| New Castle added: Clungunford Motte, Shropshire | Philip Davis |
| New Castle added: Crugyn Newcastle, Shropshire | Philip Davis |
| New Castle added: Upper Gwarthlow Motte, Shropshire | Philip Davis |
| Two new large photos of Caernarfon Castle | Bill Damick |
| New page and photograph for Nefyn Castle | Malcom Ransom |
| New photographs of Ogmore Castle | Mike Williams |
| New photographs, essay & timeline for Holt Castle | John Northall |
| New photographs of Neath Abbey | Bill Damick |
| New photographs of Caergwrle Castle | John Northall |
| New photograph of Llandeilo Talybont Castle | Malcolm Ranson |
| New photographs of Basingwerk Castle | John Northall |
| New photographs for Penrice Castle | Bill Damick |
| New photographs of Pencelli Castle | Malcolm Ranson |
| New photographs of Swansea Castle | Malcolm Ranson |
| New photograph of Alexanderstone Motte | Malcolm Ranson |
| New photographs of Castle Morris | John Northall |
| New photographs of Castle Fartin | John Northall |
| New photographs of St. David's Castle | John Northall |
| New photographs of Aberdyfi Castle | John Northall |
| New photographs of Morlais Castle | Laurie Oliver |
| New photographs of Dyserth Castle | John Northall |
| New photographs of Castle Coch (Breconshire) | Malcolm Ranson |
| New photographs of Barry Castle | Irma Hale |
| New photographs of Dolwyddelan Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Harlech Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Domen Las Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Castell y Bere | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Nevern Castle | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New page and photographs for St. Peter's Church, Pennal | Jeffrey L. Thomas |
| New photographs of Llanblethian Castle | Irma Hale |
| New photographs of Pembroke Castle | Irma Hale |
| New photographs of St. Donats Castle | Ben Jones |
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