What is recorded here

Laugharne Castle is a castle in Carmarthenshire, Wales, first recorded in 1116 and later rebuilt as a Norman stronghold. It has been a treaty hall, a burnt frontier post, a Tudor mansion and a Civil War target before becoming a romantic ruin beside the river. Writers have sat in its gardens while the old towers watched the water, suggesting that the castle still gives people permission to imagine.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Castell Talacharn; Laugharne Castle as Castle from the Post Medieval; Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built by the de Harcourt family in the 13th century, Laugharne Castle is remembered for its strategic role in controlling the River Towy and its association with the Welsh Marches during the medieval period. It is also notable for its later literary connections, including its ownership by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in the 20th century.

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