What is recorded here
Cresswell Castle and Gardens belong to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods, marking a long continuity of human shaping in Pembrokeshire. The land may have worn footsteps from medieval workers or post medieval visitors, though no exact date or named event survives in the facts provided. Its garden character suggests people lived there, tended it and changed it across generations.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Cresswell Castle, Gardens, Cresswell as Garden; Garden from the Post Medieval; Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cresswell Castle was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the influential Cresswell family of Northumberland, though its remains are now in England near the Welsh border. It is remembered for its strategic position and as an example of late medieval domestic architecture in the region.
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Places near here
Stepping Stones, North of Cresswell QuayStepping Stones; Ford · 292 yd
Cresswell Mill House, CresswellHouse · 293 yd
Scotland WoodWood · 294 yd
Cresswell QuayQuay · 424 yd
Cresselly Big WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Yerbeston FarmRecorded historic place · 1.5 mi
Carew CastleCastle · 2.0 mi
Carew Tidal MillHeritage attraction · 2.0 mi
Carew Castle from the eastCastle, fort or tower · 2.1 mi
Garron PillBay · 2.1 mi
BluestoneHeritage attraction · 3.9 mi
GiraffeViewpoint · 4.0 mi