Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kidwelly Castle is one of Wales’ finest concentric fortresses, with four round towers inside a crescent-shaped outer ward that preserves the outline of Roger, Bishop of Salisbury’s Norman earthwork of about 1106. Its tall gatehouse still carries murder holes, portcullises and arrow loops, while a small chapel above the entrance suggests that even soldiers needed grace before danger. The walls rose above the River Gwendraeth to control a crossing, trap attackers and make the town visible in stone.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Kidwelly Castle, Kidwelly 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.

Built by the de Briouze family in the late 12th century, Kidwelly Castle was later held by the Crown following the Welsh Wars. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval Welsh border castle and for its historical association with the suppression of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1287.

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