Castell Aberlleiniog is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle near Llangoed on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, beside the Menai Strait. It lies about two miles from Beaumaris Castle. Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, built it between 1080 and 1099, probably after conquering Gwynedd in 1088.
In 1094, Gruffudd ap Cynan besieged and captured the castle on his return from Ireland, and 124 Norman defenders were killed. Gruffudd later drove Hugh out, and Anglesey stayed under Welsh control until Edward I arrived about two centuries later.
The original timber structure was replaced in stone before the mid-17th century, when Thomas Cheadle, constable of Beaumaris, destroyed it. Remains of a keep and round corner towers are still visible on the steep hill. Restoration began in 2008, and the site was open to the public as of 2016.
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