Castles in Dyfed

The castle is sited on a hilltop overlooking the Tywi valley, providing wonderful views. Legend tells that the first castle at Dinefwr was built by Rhodri Mawr in the 9th century. That early fortress may have been dismantled at the orders of Llewelyn the Great and the present stone castle built in the early 13th century.
Llandeilo, Dyfed, Wales

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Dryslwyn Castle was built sometime in the 1220s by an unknown Welsh lord of Deheubarth, on a steep, isolated hill overlooking the Tywi plain. The most likely builder is Rhys Grug, one of the sons of Lord Rhys. After Rhys Grug's death in 1233 Dryslwyn passed to his youngest son Maredudd ap Rhys, and then to Maredudd's son Rhys ap Maredudd.
Dryslwyn, Llandeilo, Dyfed, Wales

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Haverfordwest Castle seems to dominate the town from atop its wooded hill. This ruinous castle dates to the early 12th century, when Tancred, the first lord of Haverfordwest, erected a timber fortification here on a site above a crossing of the Cleddau River. Geraldus Cambrensis visited the castle with Archbishop Baldwin in 1188, around the time the first stone buildings were erected.
Haverfordwest, Dyfed, Wales, SA61 2EF

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Kidwelly Castle is sited on the lowest bridge point on the River Gwendraeth. It was built sometime after 1106 by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, who was granted the lordship of the entire south-west Welsh coastal plain by Henry I. Roger also established a Benedictine priory at Kidwelly, and a burgeoning town grew up around the priory site.
Castle Road, Kidwelly, Dyfed, Wales, SA17 5BQ

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Lampeter Castle is a large Norman castle motte, or earthen mound, erected in the 1080s to guard a crossing of the Teifi as part of the Norman settlement of southern Wales. The remains once formed part of the landscaped grounds of Lampeter University, the oldest college in Wales.
Old Building, Lampeter Campus, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales, SA48 7ED

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Heritage Highlight: A large 11th-century Norman motte

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Laugharne is a medieval castle that was later transformed into an Elizabethan mansion. It occupies a clifftop site overlooking the River Taf that was used at least as early as the Romano-British period. The castle was created in the early 12th century as a small earthwork fortification defended by a ringwork enclosure.
King Street, Laugharne, Dyfed, Wales, SA33 4SA

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All that remains of Llandovery Castle is a ruined tower on the hill of a motte, built sometime around 1100. The castle was created by sculpting a natural hill to create a small bailey and a stone fortification. The first castle at Llandovery was probably the work of Richard fitzPons, beginning in AD 1116 or a bit earlier.
Castle Street, Llandovery, Dyfed, Wales

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Castell Meurig is a Norman motte and bailey with earthwork defences. There is little visible of the fortifications beyond the castle mound.
Llangadog, Dyfed, Wales

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Llanstephan Castle stands on a headland overlooking Carmarthen Bay. This ruined 12th-century castle shares the history of its site with an Iron Age fort built in approximately 600 BC. Much is in ruins, but the twin-towered gatehouse still looms large.
Llansteffan, Dyfed, Wales

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Llawhaden Castle was at the centre of the bishops of St David's estates and acted as a combination residence, military fortress, and administrative centre for the powerful bishops of St Davids. Destroyed by Welsh in 1192, it was then rebuilt in stone in the 1200's and further reconstructed in the 14th century into a fortified mansion for the bishops.
Llawhaden, Dyfed, Wales

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