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captured and took possession of the castle during a national uprising against English occupation. It became a seat of government and in 1405, a treaty was signed between Glyndŵr and the King of France at the castle. Four years later, it was retaken by the English. In 1637
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at each corner. The inner ward is enclosed by a narrow outer ward, and there was an encllosure to the north that has been lost to coastal erosion. The original building had no inner curtain wall to the west, prior to the war of 1282–83, after which it was added.
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in Aberystwyth, sited in the castle hall. This was authorised to mint the half-crown, shilling, half-shilling, two-pence, penny, groat, threepence, and half-penny coins, from silver that was mined locally in Ceredigion.
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in 1343, the castle was in a bad state of disrepair; the main gateway and drawbridges, the king's hall and long chamber, the kitchen range, and the outer bailey were falling down.
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Ixer, R. A.; Browne, D. M. (2017). "Excavations at Tan-y-Castell (the first castle of Aberystwyth) – a re-evaluation. Part 1: the pottery".
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Browne, David (16 December 2009). "7: Builth Castle and Aberystwyth Castle". In Williams, Diane; Kenyon, John R. (eds.).
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in the late 13th century, replacing an earlier fortress located a mile to the south. During a national uprising by
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and Bushell seems to have removed bullion and equipment to Shrewsbury, and operations were diverted to Oxford.
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The current castle, as well as a new town, was built in a new location to the north, the current site, by
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Contextualizing the "gorhoffeddau": A study in the intellectual background of two medieval Welsh poems
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castle a mile south of the current site in around 1110. In 1116 it was unsuccessfully besieged by
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The adjoining walled town took its name from the older and important nearby village of
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The ruins of Aberystwyth Castle, from the east view, in the county of Cardigan (1769)
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The remains of the D-shaped towers that formed the inner ward's gatehouse keep.
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in 1294–5 but held out because it could be supplied by sea from Ireland.
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Remains of the north tower gateway at Aberystwyth Castle.
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Transactions of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society
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Site of original Aberystwyth Castle at Tan-y-Castell
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Index

Ceredigion
Aberystwyth
Wales

Aberystwyth Castle is located in Wales
52°24′48″N 4°05′23″W / 52.41324°N 4.08968°W / 52.41324; -4.08968
concentric castle
James of Saint George
Siltstone
Welsh Wars
English Civil War
Listed Building
Welsh
Edwardian
fortress
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Mid Wales
First Welsh War
Owain Glyndŵr
Royal mint
Charles I
slighted
Oliver Cromwell
Marcher lord
Gilbert de Clare
motte and bailey
Gruffydd ap Rhys
Owain Gwynedd
Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd

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