Dolbadarn Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 May 1999. Castle.

Dolbadarn Castle

WRENN ID: hallowed-shingle-sienna
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Gwynedd
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 28 May 1999
Type: Castle
Source: Cadw listing

Description

Castle keep. Circular plan surviving to about 14.5m in height. Regularly coursed and tightly-packed slate-stone slabs, now roofless. Original entrance on north-western side with steeply pointed arch approached by wide flight of C20 external steps; another steeply pointed arch directly above. A well-preserved lean-to garderobe tower projects to the left of the entrance and a series of narrow rectangular windows to the right indicates the position of the internal spiral staircase.

Interior is roofless; internal spiral staircase remains along with the remnants of 2 large fireplaces and empty sockets for joist and beam ends of the former floor structures.

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