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Loughor Castle

📍 Swansea, Wales

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About

Loughor Castle is a ruined, medieval fortification located in the town of Loughor, Wales. The castle was built around 1106 by the Anglo-Norman lord Henry de Beaumont, during the Norman invasion of Wales. The site overlooked the River Loughor and controlled a strategic road and ford running across the Gower Peninsula. The castle was designed as an oval ringwork, probably topped by wicker fence defences, and reused the remains of the former Roman fort of Leucarum.

Built around 1106 by Anglo-Norman lord Henry de Beaumont on the site of the Roman fort Leucarum. Attacked and burnt in 1151, captured by Llywelyn the Great in 1215. John de Braose rebuilt it with stone walls after 1220. Stone tower added in the late 13th century. Now in the care of Cadw.