Aberystwyth Town Walls

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Lanbadar

In the community of Aberystwyth.
In the historic county of Cardiganshire (Modern authority of Ceredigion, preserved county of Dyfed).

No remains, a roughly oval area with castle on seaward side. Borough charter of 1277 allowed 'the burgesses of the said borough, and their heirs, that they may enclose the town of Lanbadar with a ditch and wall'.

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SN5881

Sources of information, references and further reading

Books

Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p18, 27, 40, 97, 99, 131, 212, 274
Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p16
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p49
Spurgeon, C.J., 1977, ‘Aberystwyth Castle and borough to 1649’, in Jones. I.G. (ed), Aberystwyth 1277-1977: Eight Lectures to Celebrate the Seventh Centenary of the Foundation of the Borough (Llandysul:Gomer Press) p28-45
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p210
Evans, 1902, Aberystwyth and its Court Leet (Aberystwyth) p105-9

Journal Articles

(Spurgeon et al), 1976, Medieval Archaeology Vol20 p186
(Spurgeon et al), 1975, Medieval Archaeology Vol19 p249
Barley M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
Taylor, 1947, Archaeologia Cambrensis p283

Guidebooks

Morgan, 1908, Short History of the Castle of Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth) p9-10

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents. This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Charter Rolls Vol2 p206

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/glameng.html#card3]

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