Rhuddlan Castle

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Rhuddlan Castle is a 13th-century concentric fortress in Denbighshire, Wales, built by King Edward I as part of his campaign to conquer and control Wales.

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Label Occurrences
Rhuddlan Castle canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle concentric castle ⓘ
builder Edward I of England ⓘ
category Castles in Denbighshire ⓘ
Grade I listed castles in Wales ⓘ
Ruined castles in Wales ⓘ
Scheduled monuments in Denbighshire ⓘ
commissionedBy Edward I of England ⓘ
condition ruin ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1282 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1277 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
controlledTerritory north-east Wales ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
garrisonedBy English troops ⓘ
hasPart curtain walls ⓘ
ditches ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
inner ward ⓘ
outer ward ⓘ
towered walls ⓘ
twin-towered gatehouse ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Scheduled monument ⓘ
inception 1277 ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Denbighshire ⓘ
locatedInCountry Wales ⓘ
locatedInSovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOnWatercourse River Clwyd ⓘ
location Rhuddlan ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
militaryConflict Welsh Wars of Edward I ⓘ
linked to: Welsh Wars
nearbySettlement Rhuddlan ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Cadw ⓘ
ownedBy Crown Estate ⓘ
partOf Edward I's Iron Ring of Castles ⓘ
purpose administrative centre ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
significantEvent Statute of Rhuddlan issued nearby in 1284 ⓘ
linked to: Statute of Rhuddlan

siege during the Welsh Wars of Edward I ⓘ
surroundedBy town walls of Rhuddlan (now largely lost) ⓘ
usedFor control of conquered Welsh territories ⓘ
visitorAttraction heritage tourism site ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Rhuddlan → hasCastle → Rhuddlan Castle ⓘ
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan → birthPlace → Rhuddlan Castle ⓘ
subject linked to: Countess of Hereford
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan → birthPlace → Rhuddlan Castle ⓘ
subject linked to: Countess of Holland
Vale of Clwyd → hasHistoricSite → Rhuddlan Castle ⓘ
court of Edward I → residence → Rhuddlan Castle ⓘ
St Mary’s Church, Rhuddlan → locatedNear → Rhuddlan Castle ⓘ