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Dryslwyn Castle

castle in Carmarthenshire, Wales
Tourist Attraction Castle Q3401324

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
castle, archaeological site[4]
Owned by
Cadw[6]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Official website
cadw.wales.gov.uk, cadw.gov.wales[10][11]
Location
Llangathen[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.863°, -4.101°
Short name
Dryslwyn[16]
Described by source
CastlesFortsBattles[12]
Director of archaeological fieldwork
Chris Caple[18]
Elevation above sea level
+60.3[17]
Heritage designation
Grade I listed building, National Monument of Wales[14][15]
Historic county
Carmarthenshire[19]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Llangathen[2]
Maintained by
Cadw[5]
Operator
Cadw[7]
Replaces
Dryslwyn Castle[13]
Significant event
slighting, archaeological excavation[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Castell Dryslwyn en Dryslwyn Castle fr château de Dryslwyn pt Castelo Dryslwyn tr Dryslwyn Kalesi
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dryslwyn Castle, closer look.jpg ↗
British Listed Buildings ID
300010934
Cadw Building ID
10934
Coflein ID
100682
Freebase ID
/m/0g5rnw
Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID
Welshsites/217
GeoNames ID
6286686
Google Maps Customer ID
2879143021582155268
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
368582
National Library of Wales Authority ID
dryslwyn-castle-wales-history, dryslwyn-castle-wales-2, dryslwyn-castle-wales
SNARC ID
Coeini
Tripadvisor ID
212308
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Vision of Britain place ID
25390
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
castle, archaeological site
Significant event 2
archaeological excavation, slighting
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
CastlesFortsBattles
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Llangathen
Location 1
Llangathen
Maintained by 1
Cadw
Operator 1
Cadw
Owned by 1
Cadw
People born here 1
Maredudd ap Rhys Gryg
People who died here 1
Maredudd ap Rhys Gryg
SNARC ID 1
Coeini
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Summary

Dryslwyn Castle is a castle[1].

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Grade II* listed building. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Excavations at Dryslwyn Castle 1980–1995. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Retrieved . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Grade II* listed building. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → Dryslwyn
    Operator → Cadw
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Llangathen
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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