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Roman camp at Caerleon
c. 75
Caerleon
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Agricola subdues Wales
77
The Celtic tribes are driven west into Cornwall and Wales by the Anglo-Saxons
c. 550
Offa builds dyke between England and Wales
c. 780
Rhodri rules in Wales
878
A Celtic cross commemorates a king of southwest Wales
c. 1035
Carew Cross
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Harold loses at Hastings
1066
William I orders a keep to dominate London
1066
A companion of William I begins a castle in Wales
c. 1067
Chepstow Castle
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William I builds a stone keep at Windsor
c. 1067
Cistercian order founded
c. 1098
Tintern Abbey founded by Cistercians
1131
Tintern Abbey
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Llewellyn is called prince of Wales
c. 1220
Llewellyn ap Iorwerth builds castle at Dolbadarn
c. 1225
Dolbadarn Castle
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English acknowledge prince of Wales
1267
Uprising by prince of Wales
1282
New castles to subdue the Welsh
1283
Caernarfon Castle
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English prince of Wales
1301
A Welsh bishop constructs himself a palace
c. 1330
St Davids Bishop's Palace
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Robert Smythson completes Longleat
1580
A leading citizen of Conwy completes his new town house
1585
Plas Mawr, Conwy - interior
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Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall
1597
Watt condenses steam
1764
First Boulton and Watt engines
1776
Iron bridge at Coalbrookdale
1779
Cort puddles iron
1784
Steam-powered blast furnaces are constructed at Blaenavon
1788
Blaenavon Ironworks
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New royal castle at Balmoral
1856
Burges provides Gothic interiors in Cardiff Castle
1867
Gothic station hotel by Scott at St Pancras
1868
Waterhouse wins competition for Manchester Town Hall
1868
William Burges begins Castell Coch
1875
Castell Coch
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