List of castles in Wales

Wales is sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" because of the large number of castles in a relatively small area. Wales had about 600 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. 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".

Bridgend

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

Caerphilly

Cardiff

Castles of which only earthworks or nothing remains include:

Carmarthenshire

Castles of which only earthworks or nothing remains include:

Ceredigion

Castles of which only earthworks or nothing remains include:

Conwy

Denbighshire

Flintshire

Gwynedd

Isle of Anglesey

Merthyr Tydfil

Monmouthshire

Neath Port Talbot

Newport

Castle with only earthworks, Wentloog Castle.

Pembrokeshire

Powys

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

Rhondda Cynon Taf

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

Swansea

Vale of Glamorgan

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

Wrexham

See also

• List of castles
• Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
• Castles in England
• Castles in Scotland
• Castles in Northern Ireland
• Castles in the Isle of Man

References

External links

• Cadw Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, the Welsh Government's historic environment service Cadw
• Coflein, the database of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales