What is recorded here

Carreg Cennen Castle stands as a square court of six mismatched towers on a limestone precipice above the River Cennen, built by John Giffard after Edward I took the rock. Owain Glyndŵr failed to break its walls, but Yorkists later slighted it in 1462 to stop it fighting again. Steps in the south-east corner still drop into a vaulted passage and natural cave where a freshwater spring rises, suggesting the castle could endure siege long after surface wells failed.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Carreg Cennen 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.

Carreg Cennen Castle was built by the de Cemais family in the 13th century and later held by the Crown following the Edwardian conquest of Wales. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Welsh hilltop castle and for its strategic role in the defense and control of the region during the late Middle Ages.

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