What is recorded here

Manorbier Castle is a Norman limestone fortification built in the 12th century by William de Barri on a coastal promontory in Pembrokeshire. It served as the birthplace of Gerald of Wales in 1146 and later became a private residence where weddings still take place beside the ancient walls. The castle survived minor skirmishes in 1327 and 1645 before falling into decay, until partial restoration in 1880 revealed its domestic ranges and chapel. Today visitors walk the same beaches where medieval knights once launched ships through the postern gate, touching stones that have witnessed eight centuries of human ambition and forgetting.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Manorbier Castle as Castle 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.

Manorbier Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Prendergast family, who held it for several centuries. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval Welsh Marcher castle and is now a ruin managed by Cadw.

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