Saturday, 2 June 2018

More Castles in Pembrokeshire

We visited three other castles in Pembrokeshire - Carew Castle,Cilgerran near Cardigan and a smaller castle at a village called Llawhaden.
 Carew Castle near Pembroke
 The castle as it stands dates back to 12th Century, but evidence has been found of  an Iron Age fort on the site.  It was built in three distinct phases - 1100 to 1324, 1480 to 1507 and 1558 to 1592 when it was  upgraded from a medeival fortress to an Elizatbethan Mansion. 
 The gatehouse
 The Inner Ward
 The Elizabethan Range
 The Great Hall dating from 1270
 A view of the Tidal Mill which dates back to the 16th Century
Llawhadon Castle - A fortified palace of the bishops of St Davids, first created as a ringwork in the twelfth century and totally rebuilt mainly in the fourteenth century.
The River Teifi at Cilgerran
Steps on the path from the river to the castle
Cilgerran Castle

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