Towering Heights
Restoration work at Conwy Castle
(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 05, 2001 ) Cardiff, South Wales, UK
A six-month works programme by Cadw's works branch, Cadwraeth Cymru, to conserve Tower 17 of Conwy's medieval town wall is nearing completion.
The long-term build up of pollution, combined with over seven centuries of weather damage, significantly weakened the tower structure, making it potentially hazardous to the public.
The conservation work on the World Heritage inscribed site has led to the consolidation of the tower through re-capping and re-pointing, both internally and externally, using traditional lime mortar and the original stones.
The tower's close proximity to Conwy's railway station meant damaging carbon residue, deposited be steam trains, also needed removal from the stonework.
Taken together, the castle and town walls of Conwy rank amongst the most impressive of the fortresses built by King Edward I in Wales. Constructed between 1283 and 1287 the town walls measure over three quarters of a mile long and remain the finest and most complete example of a fortified town and castle in Britain.
The town walls consist of three gateways, some 300m apart, and 22 towers, at regular intervals of about 6 meters. The preserved walls measure between 2m and 4m in thickness and some 9m in height, with towers rising to 15m.
Surviving accounts and a study of the different stone used show the towers were usually built first, followed by a curtain wall to link them, and finally the upper part of the tower and the battlements were added.
Stuart Brown, Works Manager for Cadw in North Wales, says, "Over the past few years a lot of work has been undertaken at Conwy to preserve and protect this unique heritage for future generations. Following the completion of the work on Tower 17, the next stage is to move across the adjacent curtain wall and through to the Llewellyn Tower."
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For further information contact Rhodri Ellis Owen or Catrin Eleri Hughes at Cambrensis PR on 029 2025 7075 or Stuart Brown, Cadw on 01286 674144.
A six-month works programme by Cadw's works branch, Cadwraeth Cymru, to conserve Tower 17 of Conwy's medieval town wall is nearing completion.
The long-term build up of pollution, combined with over seven centuries of weather damage, significantly weakened the tower structure, making it potentially hazardous to the public.
The conservation work on the World Heritage inscribed site has led to the consolidation of the tower through re-capping and re-pointing, both internally and externally, using traditional lime mortar and the original stones.
The tower's close proximity to Conwy's railway station meant damaging carbon residue, deposited be steam trains, also needed removal from the stonework.
Taken together, the castle and town walls of Conwy rank amongst the most impressive of the fortresses built by King Edward I in Wales. Constructed between 1283 and 1287 the town walls measure over three quarters of a mile long and remain the finest and most complete example of a fortified town and castle in Britain.
The town walls consist of three gateways, some 300m apart, and 22 towers, at regular intervals of about 6 meters. The preserved walls measure between 2m and 4m in thickness and some 9m in height, with towers rising to 15m.
Surviving accounts and a study of the different stone used show the towers were usually built first, followed by a curtain wall to link them, and finally the upper part of the tower and the battlements were added.
Stuart Brown, Works Manager for Cadw in North Wales, says, "Over the past few years a lot of work has been undertaken at Conwy to preserve and protect this unique heritage for future generations. Following the completion of the work on Tower 17, the next stage is to move across the adjacent curtain wall and through to the Llewellyn Tower."
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For further information contact Rhodri Ellis Owen or Catrin Eleri Hughes at Cambrensis PR on 029 2025 7075 or Stuart Brown, Cadw on 01286 674144.
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