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Dolwyddelan Castle
In the community of Dolwyddelan.
In the historic county of Caernarfonshire (Modern authority
of Conwy, preserved county of Gwynedd).
A square stone keep, dating from C13, remains of this castle built by Llywelyn ab Iorwerth ('the Great'). The site was remodelled by King Edward I. Originally constructed 1210-1240. Additions made late C13 and again late C15. Major restoration work carried out C19, the castle having fallen into disrepair by C18. Constructed of locally sourced gritstone and slatestone rubble. Rectangular storied keep with ruined W tower. Fragments of curtain wall remain.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Listed but grading unknown listed
building protected by law*.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid
Reference is SH72195233
National Monuments Record number; 95299
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3725
- Web site links
- Books
- Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p35-6
Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p78
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles of North Wales (Malvern) p42-3
Davis, Paul R., 1988, Castles of the Welsh Princes (Swansea)
Taylor, A.J., 1986, The Welsh Castles of Edward I (Hambledon Press) p44-5
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p34
Avent, Richard, 1983, Castles of the Princes of Gwynedd (Cardiff)
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p349-50
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works, vol1: the Middle Ages (London) p336-7
RCAHMW, 1956, A survey and inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Caernarvonshire Vol1: East (HMSO) p80-2
Neaverson, E., 1947, Mediaeval Castles in North Wales: A study of Sites, Water Supply, and Building Stones (London) p31-3
Lowe, W.Bezant, 1927, The Heart of North Wales (Llanfairfechan)Vol2 p200-5
Oman, Charles W.C., 1926, Castles (1978 edn Beetham House: New York) p220-1
Grose, Francis, 1787, The Antiquities of England and Wales (London) Vol7 p29-30
Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol2 p375
- Journal Articles
- Taylor, Arnold J., 1975, 'Dolwyddelan Castle' Archaeological Journal Vol132 p260-1
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
Radford, 1933-5, Llandudno Field Club Vol18 p27
Barnwell, E.L., 1883, Archaeologia Cambrensis [ser4] Vol14 p174-5
- Guidebooks
- Avent, Richard, 2004, DOLWYDDELAN CASTLE, DOLBADARN CASTLE, CASTELL Y BERE (CADW)
Avent, Richard, 1988, DOLWYDDELAN CASTLE (CADW)
Radford, C.A.Ralegh, 1972, DOLWYDDELAN CASTLE (HMSO)
Radford, 1934, DOLWYDDELAN CASTLE (HMSO)
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*The listed building
may no be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site
of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.
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