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Cardiff Castle
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Top 100:
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position 264
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Sources top 100:
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position 308
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Total score:
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299 points |
Rating visitors:
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4.6 of 29 visitors. |
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Total score now:
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562 points |
Rating visitors now:
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7.5 of 46 visitors. |
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Country:
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Wales
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Founder:
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Robert FitzHamon
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Region:
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Glamorgan
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Building structure:
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Motte-and-bailey
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Place:
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Cardiff
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Castle type:
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Mountain castle
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Era:
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11-th century
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Condition:
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Rebuild/Restored
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Description:
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The Norman keep was built on a high motte on the site of a Roman castra, first uncovered during the third Marquess of Bute's building campaign. The Norman keep, of which the shell remains, was constructed about 1091 by Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Gloucester??? |
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Remarkable:
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Website:
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http://www.cardiffcastle.com
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Location:
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Latitude: 51.482352778
Longitude: -3.1812194444 |
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