Carmarthen Castle

Carmarthen Castle
Carmarthen Castle
Site information
Condition	Ruins
Site history
Battles/wars	Captured by Gruffydd ap Rhys (1116); Captured by Cadell ap Gruffydd (1146); Destroyed by Rhys ap Gruffydd (1195); Captured by Llywelyn the Great (1215); Captured by the Earl of Pembroke (1223); Captured by Owain Glyndŵr (1405); Captured by William Herbert of Raglan (1456); Captured by Colonel Laugharne (1640s)
Listed Building
Type	Grade I listed
Designated	1954

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.^[2] 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 dismantled by order of Oliver Cromwell in the mid 1600s.

It has been used as the site of Carmarthen's gaol 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 – Merlin’s Fortress, Historic UK, History Magazine, Sion Williams, Retrieved 15 August 2023.

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[2] Carmarthen – Merlin’s Fortress, Historic UK, History Magazine, Sion Williams, Retrieved 15 August 2023.

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