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I  

Designated  

16/06/1961  

14/04/1992  

Cardigan Castle  

 

Ceredigion  

Cardigan  

 

Cardigan  

217792  

245907  

 

Situated on promontory overlooking Cardigan Bridge.  

Defence  

 

C13 castle remains, probably mostly dating from a rebuilding of c1244-54 under Robert Waleran, though the castle was in existence in 1136, was rebuilt in stone under the Lord Rhys in 1171 and repaired c1204 and in 1220s. Waleran became constable in 1248 and a new keep and town wall were built. In 1261 further sums were given to Waleran to complete the keep, but repairs were still needed in 1275, in 1321 a tower was hurriedly completed but by 1343 the curtain walls were partly in ruins. After the Glyndwr revolt a new hall and tower were built. The castle was slighted during the Civil War, and Castle Green House was built within 1827 incorporating the largest tower.  

The principal remnants are the curved SE and E towers and NE bastion with portions of the curtain wall surviving between and to W of SE tower, in the tall embankment overlooking the bridge, surmounted by a c1940 pill-box. The Great Tower is listed as part of Castle Green House.  

 

Grade I for its origins as a medieval castle and for its importance to Cardigan. Group value. Scheduled Ancient Monument (Cds 123).