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Painscastle, Llanbedr;Garde Doloureuse

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Painscastle, Llanbedr;Garde Doloureuse
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The National Monuments Record of Wales records Painscastle, Llanbedr;Garde Doloureuse 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.
Painscastle, Llanbedr; Garde Doloureuse was built in the 13th century by the de Braose family, a powerful Welsh Marcher lord dynasty. It is remembered as a key defensive structure in the Welsh Marches, reflecting the strategic tensions between Norman lords and Welsh princes during the medieval period.

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