Creepy Castles: 13 Abandoned Places You Need to Visit
| October 27, 2017
Gwyrch Castle
Gwyrch Castle, one of many hard-to-pronounce Welsh castles, is located near Abergele, overlooking the Irish Sea on the north coast of Wales. The earliest castle recorded on this site was built in the 12th century – but anything left on that site was destroyed in the mid-17th century during the English Civil War.
The current building was built in 1819 in an elaborate Gothic style. The castle is massive. It contains 28 bedrooms, 19 towers, and a gigantic marble staircase. It was abandoned right after WWII.
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