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Kidwelly Town Walls

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Cydweli

In the community of Kidwelly.
In the historic county of Carmarthenshire (Modern authority of Carmarthenshire, preserved county of Dyfed).

Roughly rectangular, casle at end. Area very small. Gateway of late C13 or early C14 is the only substantial part.

This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
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 Grade 2* listed building protected by law*.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SN40850701

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Good for landscape form and features

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Good for general location

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Monuments Record number; 105298

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 1623, 7555

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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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This record last updated on Saturday, January 20, 2007

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