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Weobley Castle is a fortified manor house on the Gower peninsula
Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula is a peninsula on the south coast of Wales, on the north side of the Bristol Channel in the southwest of the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 in the care of Cadw
Cadw

Cadw is a Wales-government body with the mission to protect, conserve, and to promote the built heritage of Wales. It is the Welsh equivalent of English Heritage and Historic Scotland and is now part of the Welsh Assembly Government....
.

It is near the village of Leason overlooking Llanrhidian Marsh and the Loughor estuary
River Loughor

The River Loughor in Carmarthenshire, Wales has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain . It flows past settlements like Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea....
. The castle dates from the 13th Century. It was attacked and damaged by the forces of Owain Glyndwr
Owain Glyndwr

Owain Glyndwr , or Owain Glyn Dwr, anglicised by William Shakespeare into Owen Glendower and also sometimes styled Owain IV of Wales by modern historians, was a Wales ruler and the last native Welsh people to hold the title Prince of Wales....
 in 1403.








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Weobley Castle is a fortified manor house on the Gower peninsula
Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula is a peninsula on the south coast of Wales, on the north side of the Bristol Channel in the southwest of the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan....
, Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 in the care of Cadw
Cadw

Cadw is a Wales-government body with the mission to protect, conserve, and to promote the built heritage of Wales. It is the Welsh equivalent of English Heritage and Historic Scotland and is now part of the Welsh Assembly Government....
.

It is near the village of Leason overlooking Llanrhidian Marsh and the Loughor estuary
River Loughor

The River Loughor in Carmarthenshire, Wales has its source at an underground lake at the Black Mountain . It flows past settlements like Ammanford and Hendy in Carmarthenshire and Pontarddulais in Swansea....
. The castle dates from the 13th Century. It was attacked and damaged by the forces of Owain Glyndwr
Owain Glyndwr

Owain Glyndwr , or Owain Glyn Dwr, anglicised by William Shakespeare into Owen Glendower and also sometimes styled Owain IV of Wales by modern historians, was a Wales ruler and the last native Welsh people to hold the title Prince of Wales....
 in 1403.

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