Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half a mile from the slate museum, a fifty-foot round keep still stands between the twin lakes, its walls built by Welsh masons for Llywelyn the Great. The hardest part of its history is also the most human: Owain Goch may have spent twenty years in those dark chambers, locked away by his own brother. Mist still moves across the water when the valley cools, making the castle look less like a ruin and more like a warning.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis as Castle from the Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Dolbadarn Castle was built in the early 13th century by Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd, as a strategic stronghold to control the surrounding region. It is important as a well-preserved example of early Welsh medieval military architecture and as a symbol of Welsh princely power.

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