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Gwydir Castle

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Gwydir Castle in Wales
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Gwydir Castle (Welsh: Castell Gwydir, pronounced [ˈkastɛɬ ˈɡwɨdir]) is in the Conwy valley, Wales, a mile west of the market town of Llanrwst and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the large village of Trefriw. An example of a fortified manor house dating back to c. 1500, it is located on the edge of the floodplain of the river Conwy, and overlooked from the west by the slopes of Gwydir Forest.

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Gwydir Castle ranks #1,733 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #46 of the 66 mapped in Wales. See how Wales compares in the castle statistics.

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