Carmarthen Castle

Carmarthen Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerfyrddin) is a ruined castle in Carmarthen, West Wales, UK. First built by Walter, Sheriff of Gloucester in the early 1100s, the castle was captured and destroyed on several occasions before being rebuilt in stone during the 1190s. The castle was captured by Owain Glyndŵr in 1405. Henry VII's father died at Carmarthen Castle in 1456. During the Wars of the Roses the castle fell to William Herbert and, during the Civil War, was captured by Parliamentary forces. It was ‘slighted’ (dismantled) by order of Oliver Cromwell in the mid 1600s.

It has been used as the site of Carmarthen's jail until the 1920s. The remains of the castle were given a Grade I heritage listing in 1954 and is currently a tourist attraction and site of the town's Tourist Information Centre.

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Carmarthen Castle staat op plaats 1.505 van 5.793 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 36 van de 67 die de atlas in Wales in kaart brengt. Gebouwd in 1105, en daarmee ouder dan 88% van de gedateerde bouwwerken in de atlas — een van de 303 bouwwerken in de atlas die uit de 12e eeuw stammen. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

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