Wales · Partial ruin
Dolwyddelan Castle
Dolwyddelan Castle is a thirteenth-century Welsh castle on a small rocky knoll above the Lledr valley, built for the princes of Gwynedd and later occupied and refortified by the English. The site comprises a rectangular keep, lengths of curtain wall forming an irregular enclosure, and a separate western tower; the castle fell into ruin and was partly restored in the nineteenth century and is now in Cadw care and open to the public.
Its prime
1285
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1285
The shape it held in its prime.
On a rocky knoll in a grassy valley stands a rectangular stone keep of local grit and slate rubble with two main storeys and a preserved gable line on the south wall; it is linked by a low, roughly circular rubble curtain wall to a smaller, two-storey western tower whose east and north faces incorporate the curtain and visible latrine chutes. The gateway in the north-east is reached across a rock-cut ditch, and low ruined masonry and oven remains crowd the southern corner.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1285.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Dolwyddelan Castle — including 3 interiors: keep first-floor chamber (interior), wall stair to the roof (within wall thickness), west tower interior chamber. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Dolwyddelan Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1285 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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