An diofar eadar na mùthaidhean a rinneadh air "Portmeirion"
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Tha tobhtaichean seann [[caisteal]] às na [[Meadhan aoisean]] ann an coille dìreach taobh a-muigh a' bhaile. Thug Giraldus Cambrensis (''Gerald of Wales'') iomradh air ann an 1188. Bha iomadh ainm air leithid Castell Deudraeth, Castell Gwain Goch is Castell Aber Iâ.
Ann an 1931 cheannaich Williams-Ellis Castell Deudraeth bho Sir Osmund Williams, Bt. le sùil ri ceangail a chur do na taighean-òsda ann am Portmeirion. Ach chuir an [[Dàrna Cogadh]] stad air na planaichean aige. Ged a bha daonnan miann aig Williams-Ellis sin a choileanadh cha do thachair sin ach gus an [[11 an Lùnasdal]] [[2001]], nuair a chaidh an caisteal fhosgladh mar taigh-òsta le taic bho Mhaoin-Dualchais a' Chrannchuir, [[Maoin Leasachaidh nan Roinnean Eòrpach]] agus Bòrd Turasachd na Cuimrigh. A-nis tha taigh-bidhe is 11 seòmraichean cadail ann.
The grounds contain an important collection of [[rhododendron]]s and other exotic plants in a wild-garden setting, which was begun before Williams-Ellis's time by the previous owner [[George Henry Caton Haigh]] and has continued to be developed since Williams-Ellis's death.
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