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Dolforwyn Castle

Grade I listed castle in Powys, Wales
Place Castle Q1235495

Facts

21 properties

Designation

Instance of
castle, contour fort, archaeological site, Welsh princes' castles[3][4][5]
Heritage designation
Grade I listed building, scheduled monument, National Monument of Wales[17][18][19]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[2]
Location
Llandyssil[11]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.547°, -3.252°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Llandyssil[1]

Period and style

Inception
1273[12]
Made from material
stone[10]
Significant event
archaeological excavation, siege[14]
More facts +12
Owned by
Cadw[8]
Official website
cadw.gov.wales[15]
Short name
Dolforwyn[20]
Commissioned by
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd[6]
Described by source
CastlesFortsBattles[16]
Director of archaeological fieldwork
Lawrence Butler[22]
Elevation above sea level
+225.9[21]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Dolforwyn Castle
Historic county
Montgomeryshire[23]
Maintained by
Cadw[7]
OS grid reference
SO15189501[13]
Operator
Cadw[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dolforwyn Castle tr Dolforwyn Kalesi
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2005008474
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dolforwyn Castle Powys Wales.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
dolforwyn-castle
Atlas of Hillforts ID
1277
British Listed Buildings ID
300007550
Cadw Building ID
7550
Cadw Monument ID
MG114
Coflein ID
300392
Freebase ID
/m/09f5xk
Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID
Welshsites/652
GeoNames ID
6286702
Google Maps Customer ID
2274146219440573694
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J9U entity ID
987007286376005171
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
368565
OpenStreetMap way ID
198162100
SNARC ID
William John Hamilton
Tripadvisor ID
4789238
📚 Sources · 1
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
castle, archaeological site
Significant event 2
siege, archaeological excavation
Commissioned by 1
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
CastlesFortsBattles
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Historic county 1
Montgomeryshire
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Llandyssil
Location 1
Llandyssil
Made from material 1
stone
Maintained by 1
Cadw
Operator 1
Cadw
Owned by 1
Cadw
SNARC ID 1
William John Hamilton
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CastlesFortsBattles Llywelyn ap Gruffudd United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . coflein.gov.uk. coflein.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Retrieved . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . coflein.gov.uk. coflein.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . coflein.gov.uk. coflein.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Lawrence Butler, FSA, (1934-2014). wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Dolforwyn'}
    Operator → Cadw
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Llandyssil
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39175"
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