Barmouth Tower House

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Abermo; Abermaw; Y Bermo; Ty Gwyn

In the community of Barmouth.
In the historic county of Merioneth (Modern authority of Gwynedd, preserved county of Gwynedd).

Salter writes "Exact position of late medieval tower house uncertain." I have been informed, by Peter Thomson, that "It was long conjectured that such a house existed and was mentioned in verse as Ty Gwyn in the third quarter of the 15th century by Tudur Penllyn until Ty Gwyn was found to have been converted to multi-occupation dwelling use in Victorian times. It was stripped back and restored by the local authority during the 1980s and is now a small museum. While it was called a tower house it is, in fact, a first floor hall house." It seems unlikely to me that this building was ever fortified.

This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Major remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SH61441544

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Monuments Record number; 28810

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 6577

• Web site links
  • http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/25211
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles of North Wales (Malvern) p49 [slight]
    Smith, Peter, 1988 [2edn], Houses of the Welsh Countryside (RCAHMW) fig191
    Davies, R.R. et al (eds), 1984, Welsh Society and Nationhood (Cardiff: University of Wales Press) fig17
    Jones, E. Rosalie, 1909, The History of Barmouth (John Evans & Nephew) p22-6
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • pers corr Peter Thompson 28-9-2006