What is recorded here

Pembroke Castle Gatehouse is a castle, fort or tower in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps guards watched the narrow gap for centuries, deciding who lived and who turned back. Maybe the stones still hold the heat of many small arguments about entry, permission and fear.

A named place photographed at this map point in Pembrokeshire.

Built in the 13th century, Pembroke Castle Gatehouse was part of the larger castle originally constructed by William de Braose, a powerful Marcher lord, and later held by the de Clare family and the English crown. It is important as a key surviving element of a strategically significant fortress that played a major role in the Norman conquest and control of Wales.