What is recorded here

Penrice Castle stands in Swansea, Wales, as a surviving structure from the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. Its stones have watched the coast through centuries of change, holding quiet evidence of the people who built and used it. The castle still belongs to memory, waiting for visitors to imagine the lives that moved through its rooms.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Penrice Castle as Castle from the Medieval; Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Penrice Castle was built in the 13th century by the Gower family, a prominent Welsh noble family, and later held by the Earls of Plymouth. It is remembered for its strategic location and as a symbol of medieval power in south Wales.

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