Dryslwyn Castle

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Coordinates: 51°51′35″N 4°06′25″W / 51.8597, -4.107 Dryslwyn Castle is a native Welsh castle, sited on a hill roughly halfway between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in West Wales.

1 Excavation
2 Castle of Deheubarth
3 Owain Glyndwr Rebellion
4 External links

[edit] Excavation

Today only fragments of the castle remains and much of the castle has been revealed by excavation.

[edit] Castle of Deheubarth

It was occupied by the Princes of Deheubarth and was taken by the forces of King Edward I in 1287.

[edit] Owain Glyndwr Rebellion

It was seized by Owain Glyndŵr in 1403. Owain Glyndwr is reputed to have spent a night inside the castle with the Warden previously.

The castle of limestone walls, was built in the 1220s, and appears to have been demolished in the early 15th Century. The polygonal inner ward contains principal remains to the south west, with traces of middle and outer wards to the north east. The early 13th Century curtain wall to the inner ward only stands 1m high. There is a garderobe to the east side, and a remodelled 13th Century gatehouse to the north east, surviving at foundation level only. On the south side of gatehouse is the round tower, the original keep. The foundations of the original great hall and Maredudd ap Rhys' hall survive.