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[[File:Caernarfon Castle 1994.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Caernarfon Castle]] is one of four castles in Wales that makes up the [[Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd]] [[World Heritage Site]].]]
[[File:Caernarfon Castle 1994.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Caernarfon Castle]] is one of four castles in Wales that makes up the [[Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd]] [[World Heritage Site]].]]
[[File:Beaumaris aerial.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Beaumaris Castle]] is also part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site]]
[[File:Caerphilly aerial.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Caerphilly Castle]]]]
[[File:Dolbadarn Castle Cadw.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Dolbadarn Castle]]]]
This is a '''List of Castles in Wales''', sometimes said to be ''"the castle capital of the world"''. Wales has about 400 castles, of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings. The rest have returned to nature, and today consist of ditches, mounds and earthworks, often in commanding positions.
This is a '''List of Castles in Wales''', sometimes said to be ''"the castle capital of the world"''. Wales has about 400 castles, of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings. The rest have returned to nature, and today consist of ditches, mounds and earthworks, often in commanding positions.

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==[[Bridgend County Borough|Bridgend]]==
==[[Bridgend County Borough|Bridgend]]==

Revision as of 19:25, 25 October 2011

Further information: Castles in Great Britain and Ireland and Welsh castles
Caernarfon Castle is one of four castles in Wales that makes up the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site.
Beaumaris Castle is also part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site
Caerphilly Castle
Dolbadarn Castle

This is a List of Castles in Wales, sometimes said to be "the castle capital of the world". Wales has about 400 castles, of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings. The rest have returned to nature, and today consist of ditches, mounds and earthworks, often in commanding positions.


Bridgend

Caerphilly

Cardiff

Carmarthenshire

Ceredigion

Conwy

Denbighshire

Flintshire

Gwynedd

Isle of Anglesey

Merthyr Tydfil

Monmouthshire

Neath Port Talbot

Newport

Pembrokeshire

Powys

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Swansea

Vale of Glamorgan

Wrexham

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See also

References

  1. ^ Alan Reid, Castles of Wales, 2nd ed.(Ruthin: John Jones Publishing Ltd. 1999)
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