Swallow, R. (2019). Living the dream: the legend, lady and landscape of Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, North Wales. ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cyrmu The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. VOL. 168 (2019). Vol 168, Cambrian Archaeological Association. pp. 153-195.

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Living the dream: the legend, lady and landscape of Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, North Wales
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cyrmu The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. VOL. 168 (2019)
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Archaeologia Cambrensis
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	168
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	153 - 195
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The late thirteenth- to early fourteenth-century Caernarfon Castle and its associated townscape in Gwynedd, North Wales, has been the subject of detailed academic historical, archaeological and architectural scrutiny for considerable time. This paper presents a fresh interpretation for this widely studied Edwardian castle based on a broader temporal and spatial research approach. Interdisciplinary and comparative study re-examines the fortification’s architecture in the light of tangible traces of Caernarfon’s pre-medieval fortified and elite settlement, as well as the intangible memory represented in the late twelfth-century Romance legend of Breudwyt Maxen Wledic (‘The Dream of Mascen Wledig’). It is proposed that King Edward I and Queen Eleanor de Castile intentionally incorporated rather than obliterated these visible memories, thus ensuring the display of a further prominent layer of lordly and lady power as a symbol of legitimacy through continuity. With a particular focus on the Queen’s Gate, this paper introduces the new interpretation of a royal designed landscape beyond the walls of Caernarfon’s town, arguing that King Edward and Queen Eleanor deliberately combined symbolic elements of Roman heritage and Arthurian-type Romance along an ancient route way below Queen’s Gate. The paper concludes that Edward’s and Eleanor’s castle and private landscape was intended to reflect the persistent memory of Caernarfon’s powerful male and female ancestors.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Rachel Swallow
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Cambrian Archaeological Association
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2019
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