Castles in Clwyd, North Wales - Denbighshire and Flintshire
Ruthin (not to be confused with Rhuddlan, also in Clwyd) is a late 13th century castle built during Edward I's first campaign against the Welsh. The site may have been used by an earlier Welsh castle, possibly a residence of Llewelyn the Great. If so, that earlier castle was partly incorporated into Edward's new fortifications.
Castle Street, Ruthin, Clwyd, Wales, LL15 2NU
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One of the best earthwork castles in Wales, Tomen-y-Rhodwydd is a motte and bailey defensive enclosure, with a rampart and ditch, built in 1149 by Owain Gwynedd to exert control over north Powys. The Welsh lord also intended his fortification to be a strategic site that would enable him to seize the rich lands east of the River Clwyd up to the Dee estuary.
Ruthin, Clwyd, Wales
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Twthill Castle is the first castle at Rhuddlan, an earthen motte, or castle mound, built by Robert of Rhuddlan in 1073 on a spur of land overlooking the River Clwyd. Robert chose a site traditionally thought to be the site of an earlier royal palace of Gruffudd ap Llewelyn.
Castle Street, Rhuddlan, Clwyd, Wales
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