List of castles in Wales

A reconstruction of Holt Castle in 1495

This is a list of castles in Wales, sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" in view of their high density.^[1]^[2] Wales had about 600 castles,^[3] 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. Many of the sites in Wales are cared for by Cadw, the Welsh government's historic environment service.

The four castles of Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy, and Harlech together make up the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site, considered to be the "finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe".^[4]

Bridgend

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments, or nothing remains include:

Llangewydd Castle
Oldcastle Bridgend
Stormy Castle

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Candleston Castle	Fortified manor house	14th century	Ruined		Only the tower remains of a C14 fortified manor house built by the de Cantelupes.^[5]
Coity Castle	Keep and bailey	12th - 14th centuries	Ruined	Cadw	Prominently sited above Heol West Plas, Coity Castle was founded in the early twelfth century and was granted to the Norman family of Turberville.^[6]
Kenfig Castle	Keep and bailey	12th century	Fragmentary remains		The scanty remains of Kenfig Castle, a once great medieval fortress, rise from the dunes beside the Cynfig river.^[7]
Llangynwyd Castle		12th century	Fragmentary remains		At Llangynwyd the remains of a once splendid medieval fortress are now reduced to scanty ruins and earthworks.^[8]
Newcastle	Enclosure castle	12th century	Ruined	Cadw	The castle's most outstanding feature is its complete Norman doorway, which greets the visitor approaching the castle from the south.^[9]

Caerphilly

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Caerphilly Castle	Concentric castle	13th - 14th century	Ruined, with partial restoration	Cadw	Caerphilly is the largest medieval castle in Wales and one of the most impressive in Europe.^[10]
Ruperra Castle	Mock castle	17th century	Ruined	Private	Built c1626 by Sir Thomas Morgan, steward to the Earl of Pembroke, and the latest example of the Elizabethan and Jacobean court taste for castellated mansions.^[11]
Morgraig Castle		13th century	Fragmentary remains		Castell Morgraig was built by the Anglo-Norman de Clare lords of Glamorgan, sometime after 1243 and before 1267, when it was abandoned unfinished as the de Clares defeated the last Welsh native lord in the area and started building Caerphilly nearby.^[12]

Cardiff

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Cardiff Castle	Shell Keep	11th century	Ruined, with partial restoration	Cardiff Council	Cardiff Castle was established within the walls of a mighty Roman fort by William I of England in about 1081.^[13]
Castell Coch	Gothic Revival	19th century (Originally 11th century)	Intact	Cadw	Castell Coch, located on a prominent wooded hillside overlooking the Taff Valley and the northern part of Cardiff, is a remarkable blend of solid medieval masonry and High Victorian Gothic fantasy.^[14]
St Fagans Castle	Enclosure castle	13th century	Ruined	National Museum Wales	The remains of the medieval castle at St Fagans include the southern part of a stone curtain wall. The enclosure is currently overlain by an Elizabethan mansion, with part of the surviving curtain serving to define its forecourt.^[15]

Carmarthenshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Carreg Cennen Castle	Enclosure castle	13th century	Ruined	Cadw	Magnificently set castle, high on a limestone precipice. A vaulted passage runs from the SE corner to a cave below E outer ward.^[16]
Carmarthen Castle	Shell Keep	11th century	Ruined	Carmarthenshire Council	Remains of the high medieval castle, including a shell keep, gatehouse and two towers, are obscured by modern buildings, notably County Hall.^[17]
Dinefwr Castle		12th century		Cadw	Dinefwr castle is thought to have been founded in the later twelfth century by Rhys ap Gruffudd, the Lord Rhys, and became known as the traditional capital of Dyfed.^[18]
Dryslwyn Castle		13th century		Cadw	The shattered ruins of a medieval castle crown the ultimate summit of a dramatically isolated and abrupt hill rising from the Tywi floodplain.^[19]
Kidwelly Castle		12th century and earlier		Cadw
Laugharne Castle		13th century		Cadw
Llandovery Castle		11th century
Llansteffan Castle		12th century		Cadw
Castell Moel		16th century
Newcastle Emlyn Castle		13th & 15th century

Ceredigion

Name	Date	Ownership / Access
Aberdyfi Castle	12th century
Aberystwyth	13th century
Caerwedros Castle	12th century
Cardigan Castle	13th century	Ceredigion County Council
Castell Cadwgan, Aberaeron	12th century
Dinerth Castle	12th century
Gwallter Castle	12th century
Lampeter Castle	12th century
Llanrhystud Castle	11th century
Ystrad Meurig Castle	12th Century
Ystrad Peithyll Castle	12th Century

Conwy

Name	Date	Ownership / Access
Conwy Castle	13th century	Cadw
Deganwy Castle	13th century
Dolwyddelan Castle	13th century	Cadw
Gwrych Castle	19th century	Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust
Gwydir Castle	16th century	Private

Denbighshire

Name	Date	Ownership / Access
Bodelwyddan Castle	19th century (Originally 15th)
Denbigh Castle	13th -14th century	Cadw
Dinas Brân	12th century
Dyserth Castle	13th century
Rhuddlan Castle	13th century	Cadw
Ruthin Castle	13th century	Hotel
Twthill, Rhuddlan	11th century	Cadw
Prestatyn Castle	12th century Motte & Bailey castle

Flintshire

Name	Date	Ownership / Access
Caergwrle Castle	13th century	Cadw
Ewloe Castle	12th century	Cadw
Flint Castle	13th century	Cadw
Hawarden Castle	13th century
New Hawarden Castle	18th century
Mold Castle	12th century

Gwynedd

Name	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access
Bryn Bras Castle	19th century
Caernarfon Castle	13th century	Ruined, with partial restoration	Cadw
Carndochan Castle	13th century
Castell y Bere	13th century		Cadw
Criccieth Castle	13th century		Cadw
Dinas Emrys	12th century keep on early medieval site
Dolbadarn Castle	13th century		Cadw
Harlech Castle	13th century		Cadw
Penrhyn Castle	19th century	Intact	National Trust

Isle of Anglesey

Name	Image	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Castell Aberlleiniog			12th century
Beaumaris Castle			13th century		Cadw

Merthyr Tydfil

Name	Image	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Morlais Castle			13th century
Cyfarthfa Castle			19th century

Monmouthshire

Name	Date	Ownership / Access	Notes
Abergavenny Castle	11th to 13th century
Betws Newydd	Castle 11th century
Caldicot Castle	12th to 15th century
Castell Arnold	12th century		Near Llanover
Chepstow Castle	11th to 14th century	Cadw
Dingestow Castle	11th and 12th century		Two castles, one 11th century the other 12th
Grosmont Castle	12th to 14th century	Cadw
Llanfair Kilgeddin Castle	11th century
Llangibby Castle	13th century
Llantrisant, Monmouthshire Castell Troggy	13th century
Llanvair Discoed Castle	12th to 13th century
Monmouth Castle	11th to 13th century	Cadw
Newcastle	11th century
Penrhos Castle	11th century
Pen y Clawdd Castle	11th century		Near Abergavenny
Raglan Castle	15th century	Cadw
Skenfrith Castle	12th to 13th century	Cadw
Trellech Castle	12th century
Usk Castle	12th to 14th century
White Castle	11th to 13th century	Cadw

Neath Port Talbot

Name	Image	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Neath Castle			12th century		Neath Town Council

Newport

Name	Date	Ownership / Access
Caerleon Castle	11th to 13th century
Newport Castle	13th century	Cadw
Pencoed Castle	13th century
Penhow Castle	12th century

Pembrokeshire

Name	Type	Date	Ownership / Access
Benton Castle^[20]		no date
Carew Castle		11th to 16th century	Private / Open to the public
Cilgerran Castle		13th century	Cadw
Haverfordwest Castle		12th century
Llawhaden Castle		12th to 14th century	Cadw
Manorbier Castle		12th to 14th century	Private / Open to the public
Narberth Castle		13th century
Pembroke Castle		12th & 13th century	Private / Open to the public
Picton Castle		12th century	Picton Castle Trust
Roch Castle		12th century	Private
Tenby Castle		13th century
Upton Castle		13th century	Private
Wiston Castle		12th century	Cadw
Wolf's Castle	Motte and bailey	11th century

Powys

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:

Name	Date	Ownership / Access	Notes
Aberedw Castle	11th to 13th century		Two castles, one 11th and one 13th century
Blaenllyfni Castle	13th century
Brecon Castle	11th century	Hotel
Bronllys Castle	12th century	Cadw
Crickhowell Castle	12th century
Dolforwyn Castle	13th century	Cadw
Hay Castle	11th or 12th century	Hay Castle Trust
Maesllwch Castle	19th century	Private	19th-century house in castellated style
Montgomery Castle	13th century	Cadw
Powis Castle	12th to 19th century	National Trust
Tretower Castle	12th century	Cadw

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Name	Image	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership / Access	Notes
Llantrisant Castle			13th century

Swansea

Name	Date	Ownership / Access
Loughor Castle	12th century	Cadw
Oxwich Castle	16th century	Cadw
Oystermouth Castle	12th & 13th century	City and County of Swansea Council
Pennard Castle	12th century	Pennard Golf Course
Penrice Castle	13th century	Private
Swansea Castle	12th century	Cadw
Weobley Castle	13th century	Cadw

Vale of Glamorgan

Castles of which only earthworks, fragments or nothing remains include:

Name	Date	Ownership / Access
Barry Castle	13th - 14th century	Cadw
Fonmon Castle	14th century	Private
Hensol Castle	18th century	Private
Ogmore Castle	12th century	Cadw
Old Beaupre Castle	16th century	Cadw
Penmark Castle	12th century
St Donat's Castle	12th century	Atlantic College
St Quintins Castle	14th century	Cadw