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Pembroke Castle, Pembroke

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Pembroke Castle, Pembroke
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Mumbles and quiet chambers still occupy the castle, though human hands first shaped the stones during the Medieval period. Pembroke Castle stands in Pembrokeshire, Wales, recorded as a castle rather than an ordinary house. Its rooms may have hosted feasts, fears or ordinary conversations, yet no exact event or person belongs in the answer without proof.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Pembroke Castle, Pembroke as Castle from the Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Pembroke Castle was built in the 12th century by William de Braose, a powerful Norman lord, and later held by the de Clare family. It is important as a key medieval fortress and the birthplace of King Henry VII of England in 1457.

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