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Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle

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Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle
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Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Gwynedd, Wales. Perhaps the castle walls still hold the shape of hands that built them, pressing stone until it sang. Maybe the lake beneath remembers every footfall dropped into its water, returning each step as a ripple. Imagine standing at the edge at dusk, when the castle stops being a ruin and becomes a witness.
A named place photographed at this map point in Gwynedd.
Llyn Peris and Dolbadarn Castle were built by Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd, in the early 13th century. Dolbadarn Castle is important as a strategic medieval stronghold and a symbol of Welsh princely power during the late medieval period.

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