The Gatehouse website record for Degannwy Town Defences

In the community of Conwy. In the historic county of Caernarfonshire (Modern authority of Conwy, preserved county of Gwynedd).

C13 stone defences planned but probably never built or never finished. The monument record records the town but not the walls (if these were ever started). The royal charter of 1252, which confirmed the recent foundation of a borough, stated that 'the burgesses may enclose the said town with a dike and wall' but the town may well have been severely damaged by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in 1263, when he attacked the castle. A market continued to be held until the late C15 but, after the foundation of Conwy, the town can never have been large or administratively important and it is doubtful that any defences were built.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SH7879

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's National Monument Record (Coflein) number is 95282
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