Fluidr / Capt' Gorgeous's "Morlais Castle" set

All that remains

A Canon EOS 50D — 1/125s ƒ/8 ISO 100 at 10 mm

N 1 B 1.4K C 2 E Feb 28, 2010 F Feb 28, 2010

G United Kingdom > Wales > Merthyr Tydfil County Borough > Merthyr Tydfil >

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A view across Morlais Castle. Only mounds and the occasional low wall show where the castle once stood. The mound in the in the centre of the photograph was the Keep, beneath which is a remarkably well preserved Crypt!

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The doorway

A Canon EOS 50D — 1/40s ƒ/4.5 ISO 1000 at 11 mm

N 0 B 583 C 1 E Feb 28, 2010 F Feb 28, 2010

G United Kingdom > Wales > Merthyr Tydfil County Borough > Merthyr Tydfil >

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The entrance to an amazing vaulted crypt beneath Morlais Castle.

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Remnants

A Canon EOS 50D — 1/100s ƒ/10 ISO 100 at 20 mm

N 0 B 474 C 3 E Feb 28, 2010 F Feb 28, 2010

G United Kingdom > Wales > Merthyr Tydfil County Borough > Merthyr Tydfil >

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Only traces of the castle walls remain.

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There was once a wall

A Canon EOS 50D — 1/125s ƒ/8 ISO 100 at 10 mm

N 0 B 522 C 2 E Feb 28, 2010 F Feb 28, 2010

G United Kingdom > Wales > Merthyr Tydfil County Borough > Merthyr Tydfil >

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Looking along the battlements towards the Keep at Morlais Castle

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Beneath

A Canon EOS 50D — 1/6s ƒ/4 ISO 1000 at 10 mm

N 2 B 796 C 5 E Feb 28, 2010 F Feb 28, 2010

G United Kingdom > Wales > Merthyr Tydfil County Borough > Merthyr Tydfil >

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What a surprise to find this below ground, when so much above has gone!

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