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

1. List of castles in England
2. List of castles in Europe
3. List of castles in Scotland
4. Caernarfon Castle
5. List of castles in Ireland
6. Conwy Castle
7. List of castles in the Isle of Man
8. List of castles in Germany
9. List of castles by country
10. Chirk Castle
11. Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
12. Harlech Castle
13. List of castles in Russia
14. Kidwelly Castle
15. Caerphilly Castle
16. Montgomery Castle
17. Beaumaris Castle
18. Cardiff Castle
19. Powis Castle
20. Conservation in the United Kingdom