Castles and forts in Pembrokeshire
The Discover Alone map has 74 castles and forts in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Wiston CastleCastleWiston Castle stands as a rare surviving motte-and-bailey in Pembrokeshire, built by Wizo after Henry I granted him the…
Walwyn?S Castle;Walwyn?S Rath;Castell Gwalchmai;Castell GawaynPromontory Fort; CastleWalwyn's Castle is a medieval castle built inside an older Iron Age promontory fort in Pembrokeshire. The name suggests…
Upton CastleCastleUpton Castle stands near Cosheston as a thirteenth-century Norman stronghold built by the Malefant family to control…
Upton Castle GardensCastleStanley Neale cleared the choking scrub in 1927 to reveal stone terraces and exotic trees hidden beneath centuries of…
Tower HouseCastleTower House is a castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them…
The Castle; Buckspool Promontory FortDefended Enclosure; Promontory FortBuckspool Promontory Fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales, stands as a prehistoric and Iron Age defended enclosure where human…
Tenby CastleCastleTenby Castle stands as a medieval ruin in Pembrokeshire, its stones stripped of much of their former shape. It may have…
St Brides CastleCastle, fort or towerSt Brides Castle is a castellated baronial mansion completed in 1833 for William Philipps, later enlarged for the…
Quay Street, Tower House, HaverfordwestTower HouseQuay Street, Tower House, Haverfordwest stands as a medieval and post-medieval tower house in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The…
Promontory Fort at Sheep Island, Castle SectionCastle; Promontory FortSheep Island still wears its fort like a bracelet, a stone ring clamped to the promontory where Pembrokeshire seawater…
Pointz CastleFortPointz Castle is a lost Norman fort in Pembrokeshire, named after Ponccii, a French settler who helped build a military…
Picton CastleCastleNo credible evidence supports the claim that the anonymous Picton occupant, the Wogan line, or the Philipps family…
Pembroke Castle, PembrokeCastleMumbles and quiet chambers still occupy the castle, though human hands first shaped the stones during the Medieval…
Pembroke CastleRuinsPembroke Castle is a ruined medieval fortress on a rocky promontory in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where William Marshal…
Old Rectory;Pele Tower;Tower, Remains of Moated MansionFortified HouseOld Rectory;Pele Tower;Tower, Remains of Moated Mansion stands in Pembrokeshire, Wales, as a fortified house from the…
Newport Castle, PembrokeshireCastleNewport Castle in Pembrokeshire is a medieval castle recorded in the national heritage register. The name appears twice…
Newport CastleCastleNewport Castle in Pembrokeshire is a castle on the public map, but the available facts describe Newport Castle in…
Nevern CastleCastleNevern Castle stood on a sharp Pembrokeshire hill where Rhys ap Gruffydd rebuilt Welsh pride in stone before his own…
Narberth CastleCastleNarberth Castle is a ruined Norman fortress in Pembrokeshire, Wales, built in the 13th century by Andrew Perrot. Legend…
Manorbier CastleCastleManorbier Castle is a Norman limestone fortification built in the 12th century by William de Barri on a coastal…
Maenclochog CastleRuinsMaenclochog Castle still stands as ruins in Pembrokeshire, its broken walls marking a place people shaped before memory…
Llawhaden CastleCastleLlawhaden Castle is a pentagonal ruin on a Pembrokeshire hill where Bishops of the Diocese of St David held Marcher…
Hean CastleCastleHen Gastell, meaning old castle, first appeared in writing in 1295 as a Welsh earthen fortification near Saundersfoot.…
Haverfordwest CastleCastleHaverfordwest Castle occupies a narrow ridge above the town, marking the place where Norman and Flemish forces clashed…
Great Castle Head Promontory FortCastle; Promontory FortGreat Castle Head Promontory Fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales, spans a multiperiod life, meaning several eras may have…
Great Castle HeadDefended Enclosure; Promontory FortGreat Castle Head is an Iron Age promontory fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales. A defended enclosure clings to the coastal…
Fort PoptonFortFort Popton is a Palmerston fort completed in 1864 to defend Milford Haven, its tapering hexagonal ramparts and…
Defensible BarracksCastleDefensible Barracks stands in Pembrokeshire, Wales, named for the guard post function it likely served rather than…
Dale FortCastleDale Fort is a complete mid-19th-century coastal artillery fort at Dale Head, built to protect the anchorage at the…
Dale CastleCastleDale Castle stands in Pembrokeshire as a rebuilt medieval fortress where thick original walls still anchor a private…
Clock TowerCastle, fort or towerClock Tower is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps it stood as a quiet guard on the coastal…
Cilgerran CastleCastleCilgerran Castle is a 13th-century ruin on a rocky promontory above the River Teifi, built with two drum towers instead…
Castlebythe, MotteMotteCastlebythe, Motte is a medieval earthwork in Pembrokeshire, Wales, recorded in the national monument list. A tall…
Castle Point Old Fort; Fishguard FortFortCastle Point Old Fort stands at the edge of Pembrokeshire as a Post Medieval fort, its stones marked by national…
Castle PillCastleCastle Pill marks the east edge of Milford Haven where a medieval castle guarded the narrow inlet. It stood beside Pill…
Castle MorrisCastle, fort or towerCastle Morris is a small Pembrokeshire village whose name may honour Maurice FitzGerald or preserve the older Welsh…
Castle Head coastal promontory fortDefended Enclosure; Promontory FortCastle Head coastal promontory fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales stands where land and sea collide, marked as an Iron Age…
Castell Nanhyfer; Nevern CastleCastleNevern Castle stood for ninety years before family feuds and Welsh resistance destroyed it in 1196. Norman and Welsh…
Castell LlanhuadainCastleCastell Llanhuadain stands in Pembrokeshire, Wales, mapped as a castle though no surviving wall or chamber remains…
Carew CastleCastleCarew Castle is a Norman rectangular castle with Elizabethan ranges in Pembrokeshire, Wales, built in 1270 by Nicholas…
Carew Castle from the westCastle, fort or towerCarew Castle from the west is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps its western stones caught storm…
Carew Castle from the eastCastle, fort or towerCarew Castle from the east is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the heat…
Benton CastleCastleBenton Castle is the smallest enclosure castle in Britain, a tight knot of two round towers and a roofed courtyard…
Abereiddy Beach and TowerCastle, fort or towerAbereiddy Beach and Tower is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps the tower watched for ships or…
St Catherine's FortCastleMnemo failed the first test because she answered the dead woman instead of answering you. She is still learning that…
Fishguard FortCastleFishguard Fort stands in Pembrokeshire as a castle, though only remains survive to mark its outline. The coast may have…
Martello Tower, Pembroke DockCastle, fort or towerMartello Tower, Pembroke Dock is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps soldiers watched the water…
Thorn Island FortFortThorn Island Fort is a fort in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps soldiers drilled on wet grass while seabirds screamed…
Newport Castle RuinsRuinsNewport Castle Ruins still stands in Pembrokeshire, Wales, a broken shadow of the castle that once commanded the land.…
Ynys-y-Castell, AbercastlePromontory FortYnys-y-Castell, Abercastle is a promontory fort from the Roman and Iron Age periods in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The sea…
Pembroke Castle GatehouseCastle, fort or towerPembroke Castle Gatehouse is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps guards watched the narrow gap for…
Castle PointCastle, fort or towerCastle Point is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps stones still stand where the sea first met…
Castell Cilgerran / Cilgeran CastleCastleCilgerran Castle stands in Pembrokeshire, Wales, a castle marked on the public map. The stones may have watched boats….jpg?width=1280)
Amroth CastleCastleNo. The distinction is not an excuse to hide the facts. I need to map the visible facts, keep the missing facts…
Hubberston FortFortHubberston Fort is shown as a fort on the public map of Pembrokeshire. The saved point is the map point or the centre…- Wolfscastle, CastleMotte and BaileyWolfscastle, Castle stands in Pembrokeshire as a medieval motte and bailey, its earthworks shaped by hands that lifted…
- Tower House, Quay Street, HaverfordwestTower HouseTower House stands on Quay Street in Haverfordwest, a medieval structure recorded in the national monument register.…
- Roch CastleCastleRoch Castle is a thirteenth-century fortress built by Adam de Rupe near Haverfordwest, standing up to thirty metres…
- Pointz Castle; Punch CastleMottePointz Castle is a medieval motte recorded in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where a raised earthwork still marks the ground…
- Old Castle Head Promontory FortDefended Enclosure; Promontory FortOld Castle Head Promontory Fort stands where land and sea collide, marked as an Iron Age and Medieval defended…