Wales Castles

 Dolwyddelan Castle

Dolwyddelan Castle
Dolwyddelan Castle. Built, probably on the site of an earlier Welsh castle, between about 1210 and 1240 by Llewelyn the Great to control a strategic route through his kingdom. The centre of the castle, the rectangular stone tower, was restored in Victorian times.

Photograph by Nigel Homer . Some rights reserved.  (view image details)

Dolwyddelan Castle
Dolwyddelan Castle. Looking over the surrounding moorland to the castle.

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Dolwyddelan Castle
Dolwyddelan Castle and entrance.

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DOLWYDDELAN CASTLE FACTS



Location
ear Dolwyddelan, Conwy

Date
13th century

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