Llandovery Castle
Castle in Carmarthenshire, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Llandovery Castle (Welsh: Castell Llanymddyfri) is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. The Normans built a castle in the current location in the early twelfth century and this was rebuilt in stone. It was burnt in the early sixteenth century and never repaired.
This article is about the castle ruin. For the Canadian hospital ship sunk in 1918, see HMHS Llandovery Castle.
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Llandovery Castle | |
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Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales | |
Coordinates | 51.9924°N 3.7952°W / 51.9924; -3.7952 |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Condition | Ruins |
Site history | |
Built by | Richard Fitz Pons? |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Designated | 3 August 1966 |
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