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Ceredigion: Cestyll Aberystwyth Ceredigion: Castles of Aberystwyth Codwyd y castell cyntaf yn Aberystwyth yn Nhan-y-bwlch, ger aber afon Ystwyth, a hynny gan y Norman, Gilbert de Clare, ym 1110. Cafodd y castell ei ddinistrio a’i ailgodi sawl gwaith rhwng hynny a 1221. Adeiladwyd castell mawr Edward I ar aber afon Rheidol o 1277 ymlaen, gan gael ei ddymchwel i raddau helaeth gan y Senedd ym 1649. The first castle at Aberystwyth was built at Tan-y-bwlch, near the mouth of the River Ystwyth, by the Norman, Gilbert de Clare, in 1110. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times between then and 1221. Edward I’s great castle was built at the mouth of the River Rheidol from 1277 onwards. It was largely demolished by Parliament in 1649. Chwith: Castell Aberystwyth: Porth y Gogledd-orllewin. © Y Goron: Y Swyddfa Hysbysrwydd Ganolog. Left: Aberystwyth Castle: the North-west Gate. © Crown: Central Office of Information. DI2010_0023 NPRN 86 DS2007_083_009 NPRN 301795 Uchod: Castell Aberystwyth yn Nhan-y-bwlch: clawdd y cylchfur uchaf o’r gogledd. Above: Aberystwyth Castle at Tan-y-bwlch: detail of upper ringwork bank from north. GTJ00059 NPRN 86 Uchod: Adluniad o Gastell Aberystwyth, gan C.J. Spurgeon. Above: Reconstruction drawing of Aberystwyth Castle, by C. J. Spurgeon. Chwith: Awyrlun o Gastell Aberystwyth wedi’i dynnu gan CBHC 2001. DI2008_0879DI2008_0928 NPRNNPRN 3386 Left: Aerial view of Aberystwyth Castle taken by RCAHMW 2001. Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales Cofnod Henebion Cenedlaethol Cymru National Monuments Record of Wales Cysylltwch â: CBHC, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 1NJ Ffôn: 01970 621200 Gwefan: www.cbhc.gov.uk Contact: RCAHMW, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 1NJ Telephone: 01970 621200 Website: www.rcahmw.gov.uk.

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