Dolwyddelan Castle

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

Dolwyddelan Castle atop a hill.

Dolwyddelan Castle is located in a prominent position on a hill overlooking the A470 trunk road about a half mile west of Dolwyddelan village in Snowdonia,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, as a guardpost in the valley which was a main routeway. It was captured by Edward I's forces on January 18, 1283. In the 15th century, an upper storey was added to the keep by Maredudd ap Ieuan. It was restored and partly re-modelled in the 19th Century by Lord Willoughby de Eresby, who added the distinctive battlements.

Llywelyn ab Iorwerth was born less than a quarter of a mile away, in a fortified house close to the river, the site known as Tomen Castell.

[edit] External links

• http://www.llywelyn.co.uk
• Castles of Wales, information and photographs of Dolwyddelan Castle
• "Castle Explorer" page

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