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Carew Castle, Cropmark Features

Promontory Fort

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Carew Castle, Cropmark Features is a promontory fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales, dating from the Roman and Early Medieval periods. The land holds a ridge where human hands may have shaped stone, timber or earth long before the castle gave the site its modern name. That much older framework still belongs beneath the familiar landscape, waiting for rain or light to reveal its outline.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Carew Castle, Cropmark Features as Promontory Fort from the Early Medieval; Roman period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Carew Castle was originally a promontory fort built during the Early Medieval or Roman period, later developed into a significant medieval stronghold held by the influential Carew family. It is remembered for its strategic location on the Gower Peninsula and its well-preserved earthworks and ruins.

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