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Hidden Histories: episode five
Royal Commission investigator Louise Barker accepts a challenge from Professor Beverley Smith to try to find a lost medieval castle amid the gardens of Portmeirion.
Gerald of Wales described the castle of Deudraeth, situated on an estuary, around in 1188
Lost medieval castle
Wales is famous for castles, but many of the most prominent today are those of the Anglo-Norman conquerors rather than the Welsh princes. Some of the earlier Welsh castles remain to be identified and investigated. Gerald of Wales described the castle of Deudraeth, situated on an estuary, around in 1188. This was one of a small number of stone castles built in Gwynedd at the end of the twelfth century. It was probably at Aber Ia in Merioneth, now better known by the name that it was given by Clough Williams-Ellis - Portmeirion.
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