St Fagans Castle

📍 Cardiff, Wales

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About

St Fagans Castle is an Elizabethan mansion in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, dating from the late 16th century. The house and remaining medieval fortifications are Grade I listed. The grounds of St Fagans Castle now contain St Fagans National Museum of History. The castle estate is designated Grade I on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

Built c.1580 on the ruins of a Norman motte and bailey castle, this Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion was constructed in an E-shape. The grounds now house St Fagans National Museum of History, with over 40 re-erected historic buildings chronicling Welsh culture and architecture. Free entry, managed by Amgueddfa Cymru.