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Castell Caernarfon is a medieval castle located in Conwy, North Wales, and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CN079. The castle dates to the medieval period and represents an important example of Welsh defensive architecture from this era. The site's physical remains testify to its role as a fortification within the landscape of medieval North Wales, and it continues to be a significant point of archaeological and historical interest. As a scheduled monument, the castle is protected under Welsh heritage legislation and remains an important resource for understanding medieval Welsh settlement and defence patterns.
Castell Caernarfon is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN079. View the official record →
Castell Caernarfon is a medieval castle located in Conwy, North Wales, and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CN079.
Castell Caernarfon dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Castell Caernarfon is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CN079.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt (8.7 km), Penbryn Mawr standing stone (9 km), Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement West of Votglas (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Castell Caernarfon's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castell Caernarfon stands on Precambrian mica, bedrock that formed in the Precambrian. The rock here is mica schist; undifferentiated metamorphic.