Swansea Castle (
Welsh
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* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
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* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
: ''Castell Abertawe'') is located in the city centre of
Swansea
Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the C ...
,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
, UK. It was founded by
Henry de Beaumont
Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), ''jure uxoris'' 4th Earl of Buchan and ''suo jure'' 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Inde ...
in 1107
[''Medieval Secular Monuments – The Early Castles from the Norman Conquest to 1217'', page 29.] as the ''
caput
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