{"id":152,"date":"2007-10-02T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=152"},"modified":"2007-10-02T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T12:45:00","slug":"from-rosslare-to-pembroke-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/britain-ireland\/from-rosslare-to-pembroke-wales","title":{"rendered":"From Rosslare to Pembroke &#8211; Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DAY 13 &#8211; From Rosslare, we crossed by ferry to Pembroke and travelled through the Welsh countryside &#8211;\u00a0destination <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/EnglandWales\/Cardiff\/GB_0503.jpg.html\" title=\"Cardiff Castle\">Cardiff Castle.<\/a>\u00a0 Cardiff was first occupied by the Romans who built a fort here in AD75.\u00a0 Little is known of its post-Roman history until <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8021-2\/GB_0503.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Cardiff Castle\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Cardiff Castle\" \/>Robert FitzHamon was given land here in 1093.<\/p>\n<p>FitzHamon was a knight in the service of William the Conqueror and he built the first Norman fort here.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/EnglandWales\/Cardiff\/GB_0504.jpg.html\" title=\"Clock tower\">Clock Tower <\/a>was built on the foundations of a Roman bastion at the South West angle of the medieval curtain <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8023-2\/GB_0504.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Clock tower\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Clock tower\" \/>wall.\u00a0 The faces of the clock are flanked by statues representing the principal planets with their respective zodiac on the pedestals and the bell is a half-scale model of the one in Victoria Tower, Westminster.\u00a0 Built during the period 1869-1873, the Clock Tower rises to a height of 40m and consists of seven stories.\u00a0 Additions made in the 13th and 14th centuries included a gatehouse with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/EnglandWales\/Cardiff\/GB_0508.jpg.html\" title=\"Stone Bridge - Cardiff Castle\">a stone staircase <\/a>leading to the stone bridge, which in turn replaced the timber drawbridge across the moat.\u00a0 After the Norman period, the castle passed through the hands of several <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8029-2\/GB_0508.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Castle additions\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Castle additions\" \/>powerful families over the next 700 years.\u00a0 It landed in the hands of John Stuart, son of the Earl of Bute in 1766.\u00a0 Stuart&#8217;s great-grandson, the Third Marquess of Bute, employed William Burges to create a mansion.<\/p>\n<p>William Burges was an eccentric architect and between 1867 and 1881, he designed this ornate mansion, rich in details.\u00a0 Lord Bute called in distinguished local historians and he assisted with tracing the history of the Castle.\u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/8033-2\/GB_0510.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Cardiff Castle grounds\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Cardiff Castle grounds\" \/>He also set up\u00a0the Bute Workshops and employed the finest Welsh craftsmen to work on the castle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A visit inside the castle is most worthwhile and you&#8217;ll get to see the amazing and elaborate decoration of Lord Bute&#8217;s bedroom, dining &amp; 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