Where is Lampeter Castle?

Lampeter Castle is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1144°, -4.0762°.

Castles · Mid Wales

Lampeter Castle

Lampeter Castle in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

University building, College Street, Lampeter - geograph.org.uk - 6180087 — Jaggery — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Lampeter Castle is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Lampeter Castle (Welsh: Castell Llanbedr), sometimes known as Stephen's Castle, was built during the Norman expansion into Wales at the end of the eleventh century. The motte is in the grounds of Lampeter University but the precise whereabouts of the bailey is unknown. It was captured by Cadell ap Gruffydd in 1146.

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Background

History

Lampeter Castle lies beside one of the main trade routes between South and North of Wales, people settled nearby and the market town of Lampeter came into existence over time. It is not known who originally built the castle but in 1146, it was captured by Cadell ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth, however he was incapacitated as ruler of Deheubarth five years later when he was attacked while out hunting by a Norman force from Tenby, and was left for dead. At the time, Totnes Priory held St Peter's Church at Lampeter, and the original grantor may have been Stephen, constable of Cardigan. The castle was the site of several battles. Until the Statute of Wales in 1284, Lampeter was fiercely…

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