Welsh Castles KS3 Source Study

A Key Stage 3 source and evidence study: why did Edward I build castles in Wales, and what did they mean for the Welsh? Six short quoted sources with provenance, including the Llanfaes townspeople’s petition, an evidence table, a primary-source reading, source-detective tasks on where Cadw’s own pages disagree, a change-and-continuity task, a judgement question and full answers.

What’s inside:

- Teacher page linking to the KS3 Medieval Britain 1066–1509 study (Department for Education wording)

- Background: princes, a king and a conquest

- Glossary

- Sources A to F: short quotations with provenance, including the Llanfaes townspeople’s petition as quoted by Cadw, and source-weighing grids

- Task 1: evidence table

- Task 2: reading a primary source (the Llanfaes petition)

- Task 3: source detective, where Cadw’s own pages disagree (how many Welsh-built castles; the date of Dolbadarn)

- Task 4: change and continuity, Wales after the conquest

- Task 5: your judgement, with a writing frame

- Full answers with sources

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 13 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Every fact is checked against named source pages from Cadw, UNESCO and the Department for Education (checked 31 Oct 2026), and the sources are listed on the pack’s credits page. Where sources disagree, each version is shown with its source.

There are no photos in this pack: all drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Drawings are simplified impressions: not photographs or copies of real objects, buildings or maps, not to scale, and not copied from any plan, print, photo or book, or from any guidebook or site plan. Not affiliated with Cadw, the Welsh Government, UNESCO or the Department for Education. Their names are used only to identify the sources we quote.

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