Where is carmarthen castle

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Prices vary. Toggle navigation. Map Language. Information boards near the curtain walls tell its history, as does the on-site tourist information centre. Its history includes use as a 12th-century administrative centre, wars between the Welsh and English, ownership in the 15th century by Edmund Tewdwr and occupation during the Civil War where it gained earthen ramparts. It was later used as a prison in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Source: Cadw listed buildings database J. The castle was the site of a siege in In , Richard Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, laid siege to the castle of Carmarthen, which successfully resisted his assaults for three months, when the arrival of succours by sea compelled the earl to abandon his enterprise.

And they laid siege to it for three months, and they made a bridge upon the Tywi. And then the sailors came armed, with the tide, to break down the bridge.

The Castle was converted in into the new County Gaol designed by John Nash, was later extended in , and survived until , at which time it was demolished. The early gaol was Confined to the inner Bailey and consisted of 8 cells, a day room and an exercise yard. In the s, the death penalty could be invoked for over offences. By , this had been reduced to offences. It was normal practice at the time for executions to take place in full public view.

The last public hanging was in , after which a safer place was sought, and a public gallows was erected inside the front wall of the County Gaol, facing Spilman Street. The last public hanging in Carmarthen Gaol was , with the last closed hanging taking place in Punishments for other offences still remained harsh.