the
engineer
Thomas Telford, the bridge was completed
in
1826 when it replaced the ferry over the river.
The building has a dual-wall structure like a
concentric castle, but it actually has more of a linear structure, being
rectangular and built on a rock outcrop.
It was built to be compact but immensely strong. Four
towers were positioned on each of the two high, thick walls, and a further wall
extended to enclose the town.
The building work cost Edward I's state £15,000 - but
was immensely valuable in securing the area for the Norman monarchy. Indeed, it
was as soon as 1295 that it was called upon to defend King Edward I against the
rebellion of Madog ap Llywelyn.
In 1399 it was at Conwy that Henry Bolingbroke (who
became Henry IV) arranged to meet King Richard II had arrested him,
precipitating the rebellion of Owain Glyndwr.
Four years later, Glyndwr's forces took the castle in
1403 (although through trickery rather than military strength) before ransoming
it back to the crown.
After the early part of the 15th century,
Despite the lack of use
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