Llandovery Castle

Llandovery Castle (Welsh: Castell Llanymddyfri) is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. The Normans built a castle in the current location in the early twelfth century and this was rebuilt in stone. It was burnt in the early sixteenth century and never repaired.

Llandovery Castle
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Llandovery Castle
Coordinates51.9924°N 3.7952°W / 51.9924; -3.7952
TypeCastle
Site information
ConditionRuins
Site history
Built byRichard Fitz Pons?
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated3 August 1966
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