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Llansteffan Castle, aerial view
Castle seen from the seafront

Llansteffan Castle (Welsh: Castell Llansteffan) is a privately owned castle in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, overlooking the River Tywi estuary in Carmarthen Bay.

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Llansteffan Castle (Welsh: Castell Llansteffan) is a privately owned castle in Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, overlooking the River Tywi estuary...

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resumed using an amphibious boat to negotiate Llansteffan beach, rather than the 1950s jetty. Llansteffan Castle, built by the Normans in the 12th century...

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List of castles in Wales

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September 2021. Cadw. "Llansteffan Castle (9405)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 29 September 2021. "Green Castle, Ruins;castell Moel (17403)"...

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Rhys ap Gruffydd

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alongside his brothers Cadell and Maredudd in the capture by assault of Llansteffan Castle. This was followed by the capture of Wiston in 1147, Carmarthen in...

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Plas Llanstephan

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driveway from the village of Llansteffan. Both the hall and the stable block are grade II listed buildings. Llansteffan Castle overlooks the house from the...

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River Towy

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of the River Gwendraeth. The estuary was guarded by Llansteffan Castle, a 12th-century Norman castle.[citation needed] About 10 km (6 mi) from its source...

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Castell Moel

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Three miles to the north-west is Carmarthen Castle, and five miles to the south-west is Llansteffan Castle. In 1917 the then Royal Commission on the Ancient...

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when he was rewarded with the Barony of Llanstephan, whose caput at Llansteffan Castle played a central role in the Welsh wars. The third barony was a barony...

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died in 1189 the castle, along with St Clears and Llansteffan, were seized by Rhys ap Gruffudd of Deheubarth in the same year. The castle may have been burnt...

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Grade I listed buildings in Carmarthenshire

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4 April 2019. Cadw. "Llansteffan Castle (9405)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019. "Llansteffan Castle". British Listed Buildings...

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in a special edition by Smith Settle. The Carey family home is at Llansteffan Castle (or Llanstephan), Carmarthenshire, Wales. The house may be based on...

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4°35′24″W / 51.8729°N 4.5899°W / 51.8729; -4.5899), promontory fort Llansteffan Castle (51°45′56″N 4°23′27″W / 51.7655°N 4.3908°W / 51.7655; -4.3908)...

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Carmarthenshire

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Dolaucothi. Attractions in the town include the remains of the Norman Llandovery Castle, built in 1110. It was almost immediately captured by the Welsh and changed...

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Dylan Thomas

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summer trips to the Llansteffan peninsula, a Welsh-speaking part of Carmarthenshire. In the land between Llangain and Llansteffan, his mother's family...

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of Emlyn, an administrative district in medieval Dyfed. Newcastle Emlyn Castle, was first mentioned in Brut y Tywysogion in 1215, when it was seized by...

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substantial and well preserved castle and church were established by the invading Normans in 1106. The earliest castle on the site was a typical Norman...

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