In some ways the first two ideas I’ve blogged about since I tried to hijack WCYDWT for my own nefarious history type purposes haven’t quite lived up to Dan’s Standard. They’re both good ways into lessons, and they both do a good job of creating interest in something that may not be (for many students) inherently interesting. However. they’re both limited in terms of the extent of the enquires that spring from them. [1. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you might want to start with this post. Go on, we’ll wait…]
You can probably infer, I’m quite proud of this next one, but that’s for tomorrow. In the meantime, what would you do with this?
| Name | Date Started | Years to complete | Cost (approx modern cost in brackets) | Type | Current State |
| Aberystwyth Castle | 1277 | 12 | £4,300 (£2,178,460) | Concentric | Ruin |
| Harlech Castle | 1283 | 7 | £8,190 (£4,149,217) | Concentric | Standing |
| Caernarfon Castle | 1283 | 50 | £22,000 (£11,145,640) | Concentric | Standing |
| Beaumaris Castle | 1295 | 3 | £14,400 (£7,730,352) | Concentric | Standing |
| Rhuddlan Castle | 1277 | 3 | £1,800 (£911,916) | Concentric | Standing |
| Ruthin Castle | 1277 | n/a (several phases) | unknown | Concentric | Standing |
| Swansea Castle | 1106 | n/a (several phases) | unknown | Motte & Bailey / Stone Keep | Ruin |
| Cardiff Castle | 1091 | n/a (several phases) | unknown | Motte & Bailey / Stone Keep | Standing |