Dolbadarn Castle

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Dolbadarn Castle is a 13th-century Welsh fortress built by Llywelyn the Great, notable for its round tower and dramatic setting in the Llanberis Pass in Snowdonia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dolbadarn Castle canonical 3
Dolbadarn 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
access footpath from Llanberis ⓘ
architecturalFeature curtain wall ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
round tower ⓘ
architecturalStyle Welsh medieval military architecture ⓘ
builder Llywelyn the Great ⓘ
builtFor Llywelyn the Great ⓘ
builtInPeriod 13th century ⓘ
capturedBy Edward I of England ⓘ
capturedIn 1280s ⓘ
category Castles in Gwynedd ⓘ
Grade I listed castles in Wales ⓘ
Ruined castles in Wales ⓘ
Scheduled monuments in Gwynedd ⓘ
condition ruin ⓘ
constructionStart early 13th century ⓘ
coordinates 53.116°N 4.117°W ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
function administrative centre ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
prison ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1951 ⓘ
historicalRegion Kingdom of Gwynedd ⓘ
inspiredWork painting "Dolbadarn Castle" by J. M. W. Turner ⓘ
locatedIn Gwynedd ⓘ
Llanberis ⓘ
Llanberis Pass ⓘ
Snowdonia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
managedBy Cadw ⓘ
material rubble stone ⓘ
near Llanberis Lake Railway ⓘ
Snowdon ⓘ
notableFor dramatic mountain setting ⓘ
round keep tower ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Llyn Padarn ⓘ
ownedBy Cadw ⓘ
region Snowdonia National Park ⓘ
linked to: Snowdonia
usedAsPrisonFor Owain Goch ap Gruffudd ⓘ
viewOf Llanberis Pass ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Llyn Padarn → hasNearbyAttraction → Dolbadarn Castle ⓘ
Llanberis → hasTouristAttraction → Dolbadarn Castle ⓘ
Llanberis Lake Railway → hasLocomotive → Dolbadarn ⓘ
linked to: Dolbadarn Castle
Padarn Country Park → near → Dolbadarn Castle ⓘ