Castles and forts in Gwynedd
The Discover Alone map has 106 castles and forts in Gwynedd, Wales. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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White Tower Park - A Llandwrog Caravan ParkCastle, fort or towerWhite Tower Park - A Llandwrog Caravan Park is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the white tower still…
Tower Houses, Bryn BrasCastle, fort or towerTower Houses, Bryn Bras is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps stones still stand where a keeper once…
Tomen Las or Domen Las, Castle MoundMotteDomen Las rises in Gwynedd as a medieval motte, its earth shaped by human hands rather than natural chance. The mound…
The yard of Tower House with the town wall on the leftCastle, fort or towerThe yard of Tower House with the town wall on the left is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps boots…
The western ramparts of Caernarfon Castle viewed from the Coed Helen side of Afon SeiontCastle, fort or towerThe western ramparts of Caernarfon Castle viewed from the Coed Helen side of Afon Seiont is a castle, fort or tower in…
The town of Caernarfon from the Coed Alun towerCastle, fort or towerThe town of Caernarfon from the Coed Alun tower is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the tower watched…
The Tower and St Beuno's Chapel from the WestCastle, fort or towerThe Tower and St Beuno's Chapel from the West is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the tower guarded…
The Tower and Capel Beuno Shrine at Eglwys Beuno Sant Church, ClynnogCastle, fort or towerThe Tower and Capel Beuno Shrine at Eglwys Beuno Sant Church, Clynnog is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales.…
The Ticket Booth at the King's Gate of Caernarfon CastleCastle, fort or towerThe Ticket Booth at the King's Gate of Caernarfon Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it…
The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gateCastle, fort or towerThe rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the rich man…
The remains of the baths at Segontium Roman FortCastle, fort or towerThe remains of the baths at Segontium Roman Fort is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps Roman soldiers…
The main gate to the gardens of Bryn Bras CastleCastle, fort or towerThe main gate to the gardens of Bryn Bras Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a…
The Execution Tower, Caernarfon JailCastle, fort or towerThe Execution Tower, Caernarfon Jail is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps condemned men climbed its…
The 'Deitsh' or Moat of Caernarfon CastleCastle, fort or towerThe 'Deitsh' or Moat of Caernarfon Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps water once bit at the…
The Court House in Castle DitchCastle, fort or towerThe Court House in Castle Ditch is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps stone walls still hold the shape…
The Control Tower, Caernarfon AirportCastle, fort or towerThe Control Tower, Caernarfon Airport is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it watched the sky for…
The Central Tower of Bangor CathedralCastle, fort or towerThe Central Tower of Bangor Cathedral is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it rose as a guard post for…
The Central Section of Segontium Roman FortCastle, fort or towerThe Central Section of Segontium Roman Fort is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps soldiers marched…
The Castle Hotel, HarlechCastle, fort or towerThe Castle Hotel, Harlech is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it is a chamber where restless people…
The Castle Gift Shop, Slate QuayCastle, fort or towerThe Castle Gift Shop, Slate Quay is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the gift shop occupies a chamber…
The Black Tower and Queen's Gate Tower of Caernarfon CastleCastle, fort or towerThe Black Tower and Queen's Gate Tower of Caernarfon Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps…
The Bell Tower of Eglwys Sant AelhaearnCastle, fort or towerThe Bell Tower of Eglwys Sant Aelhaearn is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a watchful…
The Anglesey Arms and Caernarfon CastleCastle, fort or towerThe Anglesey Arms and Caernarfon Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the…
Talybont Castle Mound; Domen DdreiniogMotteMarianne and the camera saw a smooth green dome, but the measurement tool cut through deception and revealed a buried…
South-western tower of the Gilfach Ddu workshopsCastle, fort or towerSouth-western tower of the Gilfach Ddu workshops is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a…
Snowdonia from Caernarfon CastleCastle, fort or towerSnowdonia from Caernarfon Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the mountains appeared as a…
Siop Bapur Newydd y Castell - Castle NewsagentsCastle, fort or towerSiop Bapur Newydd y Castell - Castle Newsagents is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the newsagent…
Sheep grazing below the Coed Helen TowerCastle, fort or towerSheep grazing below the Coed Helen Tower is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the tower watched over a…
Sea Defences from Criccieth CastleCastle, fort or towerSea Defences from Criccieth Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the castle wall leaned out to…
Rum Hole Tavern, below Harlech CastleCastle, fort or towerRum Hole Tavern, below Harlech Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps sailors drank rum until the…
Penrhyn Castle Grand Lodge GateCastle, fort or towerPenrhyn Castle Grand Lodge Gate is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the gate guarded more than stone…
Penrhyn Castle EstateCastle, fort or towerPenrhyn Castle Estate is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands…
Old water towerCastle, fort or towerOld water tower is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps water climbed inside the stone and poured back…
Mynedfa - Entry gate Madryn Castle FarmCastle, fort or towerMynedfa - Entry gate Madryn Castle Farm is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the gate stood guard over…
Moel-y-Gest from Criccieth CastleCastle, fort or towerMoel-y-Gest from Criccieth Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps stones and shadows still hold…
Madryn castle FarmCastle, fort or towerMadryn castle Farm taught children to farm until 1954, when the school moved to Glynllifon. Its ledgers still list…
Madryn Castle Caravan ParkCastle, fort or towerMadryn Castle Caravan Park is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps caravans still circle the ghost of a…
Madryn CastleCastle; Country HouseMadryn Castle stands in Gwynedd as a post-medieval country house where stone walls still hold the shape of rooms long…
Lower Lodge of Bryn Bras CastleCastle, fort or towerLower Lodge of Bryn Bras Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a boundary marker…
Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn CastleCastle, fort or towerLlyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the castle walls still hold the…
Llanbedr control towerCastle, fort or towerLlanbedr control tower is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it watched the valley for invaders or…
Fort Belan DocksCastle, fort or towerFort Belan Docks is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the docks still smell of salt and diesel while…
Fferyllfa'r Castell - Castle PharmacyCastle, fort or towerFferyllfa'r Castell - Castle Pharmacy is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps it guarded a narrow pass…
Dry stone wall composed of slate at Dolbadarn CastleCastle, fort or towerDry stone wall composed of slate at Dolbadarn Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the stones…
Dolbadarn Castle, SW of LlanberisCastle, fort or towerDolbadarn Castle, SW of Llanberis is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps stones still hold the shape of…
Dolbadarn Castle, LlanberisCastleHalf a mile from the slate museum, a fifty-foot round keep still stands between the twin lakes, its walls built by…
Dolbadarn CastleCastle, fort or towerDolbadarn Castle rose in the early 13th century when Llywelyn the Great forced stone towers against the raw edge of the…
Dinas EmrysCastle; HillfortDinas Emrys stands as a layered Welsh fortress where Roman, early medieval and later castle works share one steep hill…
Dinas Dinorwig Iron Age Fort from Gors FarmCastle, fort or towerDinas Dinorwig Iron Age Fort from Gors Farm is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps people climbed the…
Dinas Dinorwig Iron Age FortCastle, fort or towerDinas Dinorwig Iron Age Fort is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps people climbed the slope before…
Dinas Dinlle Fort from the SouthCastle, fort or towerDinas Dinlle Fort from the South is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the south face caught sunlight…
Criccieth Castle at DuskCastle, fort or towerCriccieth Castle at Dusk is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the dusk light catches the stones in a…
Criccieth CastleCastle, fort or towerCriccieth Castle stands as a ruined thirteenth-century fortress on a rocky headland above Tremadog Bay, built by…
Coastline West of Criccieth CastleCastle, fort or towerCoastline West of Criccieth Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the sea rushed against those…
Clock Tower, BangorCastle, fort or towerClock Tower, Bangor is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the heat of hands that…
Chatting up the Birds high up on the walls of Caernarfon CastleCastle, fort or towerChatting up the Birds high up on the walls of Caernarfon Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps…
Castell-y-Bere; Castell y BereCastleCastell y Bere is a ruined Welsh castle near Llanfihangel-y-pennant in Gwynedd, built by Llywelyn the Great in the…
Castell y BereCastleCastell y Bere is a ruined linear castle on a rocky hillock in Gwynedd, built by Llywelyn the Great from 1221 to…
Castell PrysorCastleCastell Prysor stands in Gwynedd as a medieval castle, its stones marked by time rather than grand display. It may have…
Castell Harlech; Harlech CastleCastleHarlech Castle is a ruined medieval fortress built by Edward I between 1282 and 1289 on a rocky knoll above the Irish…