What is recorded here

Llantrisant Castle stands as a ruined tower and broken walls on a high ridge above Rhondda Cynon Taf, its exact birth lost among competing claims by Gwrgan ab Ithel, Einion ab Collwyn, and Earl Robert. What is certain is that Gilbert de Clare held it during the reign of Edward I, and Walter de Hacklut received orders in 1297 to complete a gate already begun. The castle later passed through royal hands, dower rights, and rebellion before fading from active memory. Its stones still catch the wind on the ridge, marking a place where power was built, disputed, and forgotten.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Llantrisant Castle 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.

Llantrisant Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Lacy family, Marcher lords who held significant influence in Glamorgan. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the medieval Welsh Marches, reflecting the turbulent history of Norman expansion and control in south Wales.

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