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Encyclopedia > Dolwyddelan Castle
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The main keep, which has survived largely intact. Very little of the second tower remains.

Dolwyddelan Castle is located in a prominent position on a hill overlooking the A470 trunk road near Dolwyddelan village in North Wales. It consists of two rectangular towers linked by an irregular curtain wall. It was built in the early 13th century, as one of the strongholds of the Welsh princes. It was captured by Edward I's forces on January 18, 1283. In the 15th century, an upper storey was added to the keep. It was restored and partly re-modelled in the 19th Century giving the distinctive appearance of the battlements.


Dolwyddelan is believed to be the birthplace of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.


External links

"Castle Explorer" page (http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/wales/dolwyddelan/dolwyddelan.php)


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Dolwyddelan Castle (797 words)
It is located 3/4 mile West of the village of Dolwyddelan in the shadow of Moel Siabod.
Viewed from the road the Castle appears to consist of a single rectangular tower, but on entering the site the layout is a lot more interesting with the partial remains of a second tower and the curtain walls that link the two.
In the 15th Century Maredudd ap Ieuan, a nobleman from the Llyn peninsula occupied the Castle.
journey through mysterious wales, learn its history, places of battle, its holy sites, castles and ghosts (1096 words)
Welsh castles were usually lightly fortified, enclosed by a stone curtain wall, and during the Iron Age, hill forts dotted the Welsh landscape.
Castles such as Caernarfon and Harlech are so well know that I feel I need say nothing more on them and its the lesser known castles or hill forts I will concentrate on.
The Castle, on the highest point of the hill, was probably first built by Dafydd ap Gruffydd, in lands given him by Edward I after the first Welsh campaign of 1277, in recognition of his help in their capture from his brother Llywelyn.
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