Carn Fadryn Castle

Llyn peninsula, Gwynedd, north Wales
SH 280 352

All photographs copyright by John Northall

A stone-walled hillfort with stone huts. There is a large sloping annex on the north side and a small citadel, similar to Garn Boduan, on the very top. The construction of the citadel in the 12th century by the sons of Owain Gwynedd is recorded by Giraldus Cambrensis while on his famous journey through Wales in 1188. He thought it unusual because up to that time native rulers had used mostly earth and timber strongholds. This is one of the earliest Welsh stone castles in Gwynedd, but very prehistoric in style.
A Guide to Ancient and Historical Wales: Gwynedd, Frances Lynch, HMSO Publications, London, 1995.

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