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Aberystwyth War Memorial & Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Ceredigion, Wales. Perhaps the castle stones still hold the shape of hands that built them, while the memorial waits for names no longer spoken. Maybe the sea wind carries both pride and grief across the same grass, forcing each visitor to remember one before the other.

A named place photographed at this map point in Ceredigion.

Aberystwyth Castle was built by Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales, in the late 13th century, and later held by the English after Edward I's conquest. It is remembered for its strategic role in the Welsh Wars and for the nearby Aberystwyth War Memorial, honouring local military casualties.