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The Gatehouse, 48 Castle Street, Beaumaris

Building; Building; Building

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The Gatehouse stands at 48 Castle Street in Beaumaris, a Post Medieval structure on Ynys Môn. It is a building, not a hidden chamber, though its name suggests a threshold between worlds. Castle Street has carried traders, soldiers and travellers for centuries, and this gatehouse may have marked one of their entries. The stones remain ordinary even when the name sounds like myth.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records The Gatehouse, 48 Castle Street, Beaumaris as Building; Building; Building from the 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.
The Gatehouse at 48 Castle Street, Beaumaris, was built in the late 15th or early 16th century as part of the town's medieval defenses. It is important as a surviving example of post-medieval military architecture in Beaumaris, reflecting the town's historical role as a defended coastal settlement.

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