Castles · South Wales
Castell Coch
In or near Caerphilly.
Castell Coch — castle in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
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Castell Coch is a castle in south. (19th-century Gothic Revival castle in Tongwynlais, Wales.) Wikipedia notes: "Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the River Taff.". Coordinates 51.5358°, -3.2547°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 51.5358, -3.2547
- Official site
- cadw.gov.wales
Sources
- wikidata: Q2704850 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Castell Coch (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Castell Coch - exterior.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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