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Rheidol Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Plas Crug

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

CARN record of Medieval castle, presumably the Palace of Rheidol mentioned in a poem of 1244, which was a moated house finally demolished in 1968. An old print (Henry Gastineau 1830) shows a small square tower of 3 storeys, with a first floor entry of a door with a pointed arch attached, to a small hall block, itself attached to a slightly large building. The impression is very much like that of a northern pele tower. Davis writes that this was perhaps the work of Llywelyn Fawr when he occupied the territory of Maelgwn ap Rhys in 1208. He also writes some authorities consider it to have been nothing more than an C18 folly!
Ironically the site is now occupied by the The National Monuments Record of Wales.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower
Fortified Manor House
.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SN58958115

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

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County Sites and Monuments Record number; 7421

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