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Gwydir Castle is in the Conwy valley, Wales, a mile west of the ancient market town of Llanrwst and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the large village of Trefriw.An example of a fortified manor house dating back to c. 1500, it is located on the edge of the floodplain of the river Conwy, and overlooked from the west by the slopes of Gwydir Forest.
He purchased and rebuilt Gwydyr Castle after it was destroyed in the 1460s and made it the family home. He was an ancestor of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet. [1] To avoid implication in the feuds of his kinsmen in Eifionydd, Maredudd purchased the lease of Dolwyddelan Castle about 1489. He later built Penamnen.
The Grey Mare's Tail (Welsh: Rhaeadr y Parc Mawr) is a waterfall on the very edge of the Snowdonia National Park near Gwydir Castle in Conwy County Borough, north Wales. It lies just off the B5106 road between the town of Llanrwst and the large village of Trefriw .
Gwydir Forest, also spelled Gwydyr, is located in Conwy county borough and the Snowdonia National Park in Wales. It takes its name from the ancient Gwydir Estate, established by the John Wynn family of Gwydir Castle, which owned this area. Natural Resources Wales uses the alternative spelling (i.e. Gwydyr Forest, Coedwig Gwydyr). [1]
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Caernarfon Castle Dolbadarn Castle A reconstruction of Holt Castle in 1495. Wales is sometimes called the "castle capital of the world" because of the large number of castles in a relatively small area. [1] [2] Wales had about 600 castles, [3] of which over 100 are still standing, either as ruins or as restored buildings. The rest have returned ...
Gwydir itself was sold by the earl of Ancaster in 1895, the house and part of the estate being bought by Lord Carrington, who also claimed descent from Sir John Wynn. [ 5 ] On 28 May 2010, Llanrwst celebrated the 400th anniversary of the almshouses there, which were built by Sir John Wynn to provide shelter for twelve poor older men of the parish.
Maurice (or Morris) Wynn or Morys Wynn ap John of Gwydir (in or before 1520 – 18 August 1580) [1] was a Welsh courtier and politician. He was the eldest son of John "Wynn" ap Maredudd from whom he inherited the Gwydir estate in 1559. His heir was his eldest son, John Wynn, 1st Baronet. [2]