Remains of Dinas Powis Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 January 1963. Castle.

Remains of Dinas Powis Castle

WRENN ID: crumbling-plaster-storm
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Vale of Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 28 January 1963
Type: Castle
Source: Cadw listing

Description

The remains of the castle stand at the NW end of a long narrow ridge which runs NW-SE. The ridge is steep sided on all sides except the SE and is covered in trees and scrub. The remains consist of an enclosure 65m x 53m surrounded by curtain walling, and the stump of a tower. The curtain wall encloses a roughly rectangular area on top of the ridge. The interior is cleared and is 1.5m thick, is roughly coursed. Only in the SE corner are any of the window and door dressings left.

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