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Castle</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Swansea_Castle&params=51.6203_N_3.9412_W_type:landmark_region:GB-SWA"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°37′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°56′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.6203°N 3.9412°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.6203; -3.9412</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Castle" title="Castle">Castle</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">Ruins</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1107</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data">1116 – Partially destroyed by the Welsh <br /> <p>1192 – Survived a 10-week siege </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #F0DC82; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/Listed_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="Listed Building">Listed Building</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Grade I listed</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">1952</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Swansea Castle</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i>Castell Abertawe</i>) is located in the city centre of <a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, UK. It was founded by <a href="/wiki/Henry_de_Beaumont,_1st_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick">Henry de Beaumont</a> in 1107<sup id="cite_ref-earlycastles29_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlycastles29-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the <i><a href="/wiki/Caput" title="Caput">caput</a></i> of the <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Gower" title="Lordship of Gower">lordship of Gower</a>. The castle is now ruined and only two blocks remain, though the site has been improved in the 2010s for use as a public space. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swansea_Castle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Swansea Castle is located on the east side of the city centre, facing Castle Square (the <a href="/wiki/River_Tawe" title="River Tawe">River Tawe</a> used to flow a short distance east on what is now the Strand).<sup id="cite_ref-swansea19thc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea19thc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally covering 4.6 acres (1.9 ha), the surviving remains of the square castle include residential blocks, together with a section of parapet wall forming an L-shape to the southeast. There are five tunnel-vaulted basement rooms.<sup id="cite_ref-coflein_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coflein-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swansea_Castle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_first_castles">The first castles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swansea_Castle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The first castles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Henry_de_Beaumont,_1st_Earl_of_Warwick" title="Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick">Henry de Beaumont</a> was granted the Lordship of Gower in 1106 and he began to solidify the control of the <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Normans</a> in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea1100_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea1100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A timber castle existed in Swansea in 1116, when it was recorded as being attacked by Welsh forces who destroyed the outer defences.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea1100_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea1100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original <a href="/wiki/Castle" title="Castle">castle</a> seems to have been a sub-rectangular/oval enclosure overlooking the <a href="/wiki/River_Tawe" title="River Tawe">River Tawe</a> on the east, surrounded on the north, west and south sides by a larger sub-rectangular outer bailey. The inner bailey probably contained a <a href="/wiki/Motte" class="mw-redirect" title="Motte">motte</a> but the other view is that it was a ring work.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motte (or ring work) was 52 metres (171 ft) in diameter (only second in size to <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Castle" title="Cardiff Castle">Cardiff Castle</a>) and survived to the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-earlycastles162_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlycastles162-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The castle was besieged and captured in 1192 by <a href="/wiki/Rhys_ap_Gruffydd" title="Rhys ap Gruffydd">Rhys ap Gruffydd</a>, Prince of <a href="/wiki/Deheubarth" title="Deheubarth">Deheubarth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite 10 weeks of starvation the castle was saved.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea1100_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea1100-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After various other unsuccessful attacks the castle fell in 1217 but was restored to the English in 1220 as part of the settlement between <a href="/wiki/Llywelyn_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Llywelyn the Great">Llywelyn ap Iorwerth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_III_of_England" title="Henry III of England">Henry III of England</a>. </p><p>The castle was rebuilt in stone, probably between 1221 and 1284 (described now as the "New Castle"),<sup id="cite_ref-coflein_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coflein-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> firstly the inner castle with at least one tower, finally the large outer bailey. </p><p>The only visible remains today, two sides of the rectangular South East corner of the "new castle<span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>'s outer bailey, were built in the late 13th or early 14th century. The south face (which ends in a tall <a href="/wiki/Garderobe" title="Garderobe">garderobe</a> tower) is capped with an elegant series of <a href="/wiki/Arcade_(architecture)" title="Arcade (architecture)">arcades</a> at the wall-head, which are similar to structures at the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Saint_David%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Saint David's">Bishop of Saint David's</a> palaces at <a href="/wiki/Lamphey_Bishop%27s_Palace" title="Lamphey Bishop's Palace">Lamphey</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Davids_Bishops_Palace" title="St Davids Bishops Palace">St David's</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="14th_to_19th_centuries">14th to 19th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swansea_Castle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 14th to 19th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swansea_Castle_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Swansea Castle 2018"><img alt="Swansea Castle 2018" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Swansea_Castle_2018.jpg/250px-Swansea_Castle_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Swansea_Castle_2018.jpg/375px-Swansea_Castle_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Swansea_Castle_2018.jpg/500px-Swansea_Castle_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3081" data-file-height="2041" /></a><figcaption>Swansea Castle 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>By the 14th century the castle was losing its military importance. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alina_de_Mowbray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alina de Mowbray (page does not exist)">Alina de Mowbray</a> ruled the Gower until 1331 when her son <a href="/wiki/John_de_Mowbray,_3rd_Baron_Mowbray" class="mw-redirect" title="John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray">John de Mowbray</a> took over as Lord of Gower.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea1320_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea1320-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was probably responsible for adding the arcaded parapet walk to the castle.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea1320_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea1320-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the Welsh rebellion led by <a href="/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Owain Glyndŵr">Owain Glyndŵr</a>, which saw a number of English castles attacked in the early years of the 1400s, it is not known whether Swansea fell to these forces. Swansea Castle's account books only record that two men were sent north to gather intelligence on Glyndŵr's activities.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea1400_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea1400-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swansea_castle,_Glamorganshire.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Swansea_castle%2C_Glamorganshire.jpeg/200px-Swansea_castle%2C_Glamorganshire.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Swansea_castle%2C_Glamorganshire.jpeg/300px-Swansea_castle%2C_Glamorganshire.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Swansea_castle%2C_Glamorganshire.jpeg/400px-Swansea_castle%2C_Glamorganshire.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Swansea Castle, 1824 print</figcaption></figure> <p>The castle owners were subsequently absentee landlords. By 1650 the castle was described as "a decayed Buildinge".<sup id="cite_ref-swansealifeafter_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansealifeafter-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 1670s the square tower was being used as a bottle factory and, in 1700, a town hall was built in the castle courtyard. By the mid 1700s the Great Hall had become Swansea's <a href="/wiki/Workhouse" title="Workhouse">workhouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-swansealifeafter_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansealifeafter-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town hall was replaced by a post office in the 1800s and, by 1850, a military Drill Room had replaced the workhouse. The <a href="/wiki/River_Tawe" title="River Tawe">River Tawe</a>, which had flowed near to the castle, was straightened and diverted during the 1840s.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea19thc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea19thc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="20th_and_21st_centuries">20th and 21st centuries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swansea_Castle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th and 21st centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Castell_Abertawe.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Castell_Abertawe.JPG/200px-Castell_Abertawe.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Castell_Abertawe.JPG/300px-Castell_Abertawe.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Castell_Abertawe.JPG/400px-Castell_Abertawe.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>The castle in its modern setting</figcaption></figure> <p>Part of the interior of the castle, in particular the large <a href="/wiki/Motte" class="mw-redirect" title="Motte">motte</a>, was demolished 1909–1913<sup id="cite_ref-earlycastles39_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-earlycastles39-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the construction of a newspaper office. In the very early 1930s, poet <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Thomas" title="Dylan Thomas">Dylan Thomas</a> worked for the <i>South Wales Daily Post</i> at the castle site.<sup id="cite_ref-swansea20c_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea20c-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper offices were removed in 1976<sup id="cite_ref-swansea20c_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swansea20c-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the remains of the castle were later consolidated and opened up to view from the street. </p><p>As a <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_ancient_monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled ancient monument">Scheduled Ancient Monument</a>, it was given a Grade I <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">heritage listing</a> in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-BLB_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BLB-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The castle was fenced off and only opened to the public on rare occasions, most recently for public tours in 2012 to coincide with St Davids Day.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 2010s a project was launched, funded by the <a href="/wiki/European_Regional_Development_Fund" title="European Regional Development Fund">European Regional Development Fund</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>, to open up the castle to the public on a more permanent basis with a stone paved courtyard and information panels. Demountable stairs were planned, to access the upper floors. The intention was to have public tours, events such as markets and for the castle to feature as part of a Swansea castle trail.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swansea_Castle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>B Morris, <i>Swansea Castle</i>; RCAHMW, <i>Glamorgan, Vol III, part (1b), The Later Castles</i> (2000).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_the_Ancient_and_Historical_Monuments_of_Wales" title="Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales">RCAHMW</a> <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LOHH20BzfmsC">An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume III: Part 1a Medieval Secular Monuments – The Early Castles from the Norman Conquest to 1217</a></i> (1991). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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