Laugharne Castle - LUCKY EIGHT - Carmarthenshire, Wales.
N 51° 46.207 W 004° 27.739
30U E 399100 N 5736482
Hear the name Laugharne, you Think Dylan Thomas, but also think Castle too. The magnificent medieval castle, is the anchor point for this Lucky 8, all within 0.1 miles. Scoring a Tally of 16. The waymark is located at Laugharne, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMPHMX
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2015
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Laugharne is perhaps best known for its associations with Dylan Thomas, but for the past 20 years, the picturesque castle, sited on the Taff estuary, has been the subject of painstaking archaeological investigation and gradual restoration. There was probably a Norman castle here by the early 12th century.
Of the 400 castles in Wales only 42 are under state protection by Cadw. Property page on CADW Heritage website: (
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"There are 129 monuments in state care in Wales. Of the 87 dating to the medieval period, 42 are castles and a further 5 are stretches of town walls. During the last 15 years, along with the town walls at Conwy, six of these castles - Laugharne, St Quentins (Llanblethian), Oxwich, Dryslwyn, Dinefwr and Dolforwyn - have been the subject of large-scale, first time, programmes of masonry consolidation. Major archaeological excavations have also taken place at Laugharne, Dryslwyn and Dolforwyn. Eleven other castles have undergone lengthy programmes of masonry reconsolidation, most recently those at Flint, Rhuddlan, Harlech and Chepstow." Text Source: (
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