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Laugharne Castle is a castle in the town of Laugharne in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is located on the estuary of the River T�f.

The castle was built by the Normans after 1100 as part of their invasion of Wales. It was seized by Rhys ap Gruffydd in 1189. It was rebuilt in stone by the Anglo-Norman de Brian family during the later thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Sir John Perrot later transformed it into a Tudor mansion in the sixteenth century.

Address:	Laugharne Castle King Street, Laugharne, Sir Gaerfyrddin SA33 4SA
Telephone:	01994 427906
Website:	http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=6&PlaceID=84
Admission Charge:-	Adult - �2.90, Concession - �2.50, Family - �8.30
Hours:	Spring Opening Times: 1.04.06 - 30.09.06: 10.00 - 17.00 Summer Opening Times: 1.04.06 - 30.09.06: 10.00 - 17.00 Autumn Opening Times: 1.04.06 - 30.09.06: 10.00 - 17.00 Winter Opening Times: 01.10.06 - 3.07: closed Further Information: Most sites are closed on 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January. Full details are available from Cadw Site Operations Unit, tel. 01443 336000. Last admission to all sites is thirty minutes before closing.
Facilities for the Disabled:	The path to the gatehouse has a slight gradient, but there is then level access to the pay desk and visitor centre. There is a short wooden ramp with a non-slip surface from here into the grounds. The grounds and garden and the inner ward have firm pathways with occasional gradients, but there is a cobbled path into the inner ward. There are information panels and an exhibition on site and benches are provided. There is a setting-down point (with double yellow lines) outside the castle and a small parking area opposite. The public car park is 200m (216 yds) away. There is a disabled toilet outside the visitor centre. The custodian is the key holder. Disabled visitors and their assisting companion will be admitted free of charge to all monuments. Please note that, for health reasons, dogs are not allowed on Cadw sites, but guide dogs and hearing dogs for the deaf are welcome.

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