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A settlement, later known as Old Carmarthen, is known to have existed prior to the construction of the castle and the adjoining Anglo-Norman town of New Carmarthen, which were developed from the early 12th century. [37] New Carmarthen was administered as a borough from at least the 13th century. The borough boundary was tightly drawn around the ...
Carmarthen Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerfyrddin) is a ruined castle in Carmarthen, West Wales, UK. First built by Walter, Sheriff of Gloucester in the early 1100s, the castle was captured and destroyed on several occasions before being rebuilt in stone during the 1190s. The castle was captured by Owain Glyndŵr in 1405. [2]
A street-grid was laid out in the town and a public bath house built, and possibly a mansio. The forum and basilica were probably under the most built-up area of the present town on the cardo or main street. There were narrow shops fronting the streets, as well as evidence of metalworking.
Only the tower remains of a C14 fortified manor house built by the de Cantelupes. [6] Coity Castle: Keep and bailey 12th - 14th centuries Ruined Cadw Prominently sited above Heol West Plas, Coity Castle was founded in the early twelfth century and was granted to the Norman family of Turberville. [7] Kenfig Castle: Keep and bailey 12th century
The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 10 April 1767: [2] it was designed by Sir Robert Taylor in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry and completed in 1777. [ 1 ] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Guildhall Square; it was originally arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets ...
Oldest canal in Wales, built in 1766 to carry coal via a tramroad over the River Gwendraeth Fawr at Pwll-y-Llygod, and 3 miles of canal to Kidwelly harbour. Later extended and then in 1873 the towpath was converted into a railway.
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Carmarthen's medieval bridge. A stone bridge crossing the River Tywi at Carmarthen, nine miles from the river's mouth at the Bristol Channel, [2] was first recorded in 1233. [1] There was definitely no bridge at Carmarthen in 1188 when Giraldus Cambrensis visited. It is believed that a bridge was built during the 1233 siege of Carmarthen. [3]