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Gwydir Castle, Terrace Arch and Garden Walls, Llanrwst

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Gwydir Castle, Terrace Arch and Garden Walls, Llanrwst is an arch from the 16th Century, recorded in the national monument list and still standing beside the castle grounds. The terrace arch may have framed a view, marked a boundary, or carried a path between gardens and rooms. People likely walked through it in seasons when the land around Llanrwst felt busy, and the arch remains as a quiet edge of that lost movement.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Gwydir Castle, Terrace Arch and Garden Walls, Llanrwst as Arch from the 16th Century; Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Gwydir Castle was built in the early 16th century by the powerful Wynn family, who held it for generations as a key seat of influence in north Wales. It is important as a fine example of late medieval architecture and as a symbol of the family's political and cultural prominence in the region.

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