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The Castle Map atlas charts 15 castles, 1 fortress, 1 palace & château and 10 ruins in North Wales. They span from 77 to 1820.
The best known is Caernarfon Castle, #148 of 9,079 worldwide.
Country pages: Wales.
Travelling rather than browsing? Edward I’s ring of iron puts 8 of them in travel order, Flint to Beaumaris.
See them on the map →Castle · 13th century · #148 worldwide · #1 in Wales
Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the…
Castle · 13th century · #171 worldwide · #2 in Wales
Conwy Castle is a fortification in Conwy, located in North Wales. It was built by Edward I, during his conquest of Wales, between 1283 and 1287.
Castle · 13th century · #299 worldwide · #5 in Wales
Beaumaris Castle, in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282.
Castle · 13th century · #331 worldwide · #6 in Wales
Harlech Castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea.
Ruin · 13th century · #13 in Wales
Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in…
Castle · 13th century · #14 in Wales
Chirk Castle is a Grade I listed castle located in Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales, 1.5 mi from Chirk railway station, now owned and run by the…
Ruin · 13th century · #15 in Wales
Rhuddlan Castle is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was chosen as the location of a castle by Edward I in 1277.
Ruin · 13th century · #20 in Wales
Dolwyddelan Castle is a thirteenth-century castle located west of Dolwyddelan in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
Castle · 13th century · #22 in Wales
Flint Castle in Flint, Flintshire, was the first of a series of castles built during King Edward I's campaign to conquer Wales.
Ruin · 13th century · #23 in Wales
Castell Dinas Brân is a medieval castle, built by the Princes of Powys Fadog, which occupies a prominent hilltop site above the town of Llangollen in…
Ruin · 13th century · #25 in Wales
Criccieth Castle is a ruined thirteenth-century castle in Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales.
Castle · 19th century · #28 in Wales
Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, constructed in the style of a Norman castle.
Fortress · 1st century · #29 in Wales
Segontium is a Roman fort on the outskirts of Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Ruin · #31 in Wales
Dinas Emrys is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.
Castle · 15th century · #32 in Wales
Bodelwyddan Castle, close to the village of Bodelwyddan, near Rhyl, Denbighshire in Wales, was built around 1460 by the Humphreys family of Anglesey…
Palace & château · 19th century · #36 in Wales
Gwrych Castle is a Grade I listed country house near Abergele in Conwy County Borough, Wales.
Ruin · 13th century · #37 in Wales
Denbigh Castle and town walls were built to control the lordship of Denbigh after the Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England in 1282.
Ruin · 11th century · #39 in Wales
Deganwy Castle was an early stronghold of Gwynedd in Deganwy, at the mouth of the River Conwy, now in Conwy county borough, north Wales.
Castle · 13th century · #44 in Wales
Ruthin Castle is a medieval castle fortification in Wales, near the town of Ruthin in the Vale of Clwyd.
Castle · 15th century · #49 in Wales
Gwydir Castle is in the Conwy valley, Wales, a mile west of the market town of Llanrwst and 1.5 miles south of the large village of Trefriw.
Ruin · 13th century · #62 in Wales
Hawarden Old Castle is a Grade I listed medieval castle near Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales.
Ruin · 11th century · #66 in Wales
Sycharth was a motte and bailey castle near Llansilin, Powys, Wales. Until 1996 Sycharth was in the historic county of Denbighshire, but was then…
Castle · 11th century · #67 in Wales
Castell Aberlleiniog is a motte and bailey fortress near the village of Llangoed on the Isle of Anglesey, in Wales, built between 1080 and 1099 by…
Castle · 13th century · #72 in Wales
Ewloe Castle is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the village of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales.
Castle · 1st century · #84 in Wales
Tomen y Mur is a Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales, dating to the first century AD.
Castle · 13th century · #90 in Wales
Caergwrle Castle, also known as Queen's Hope in scholarly texts, is a castle located in the village of Caergwrle, in Flintshire, Wales.
Castle · 11th century · #100 in Wales
Twthill is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle located near Rhuddlan, Denbighshire in North Wales.
The Castle Map atlas charts 15 castles, 1 fortress, 1 palace & château and 10 ruins in North Wales. They span from 77 to 1820.
The best known is Caernarfon Castle, #148 of 9,079 worldwide.
Castrum Segontium — 77.
