Newcastle Emlyn Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 1991. A Medieval Castle.
Newcastle Emlyn Castle
- WRENN ID
- watchful-spandrel-kestrel
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1991
- Type
- Castle
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SN 311 407
- Coordinates
- 52.03915, -4.46337
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Newcastle Emlyn Castle features a twin-towered gatehouse that rises approximately 8 meters high, making it the best-preserved part of the castle's masonry. To the south, there is a section of a corner tower alongside a stretch of curtain wall. To the north of the gatehouse, there is an additional stretch of curtain wall that includes a corner turret and a garderobe chute.
Local climate
Newcastle Emlyn Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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