NARBERTH CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
94121
Map Reference
SN11SW
Grid Reference
SN10981440
Unitary (Local) Authority
Pembrokeshire
Old County
Pembrokeshire
Community
Narberth
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

The visible remains of the single ward Narberth Castle are thought to date from the mid-thirteenth century and later. They include a rectangular enclosure approximately 40m north to south by 20m with the ruins of two quarter-engaged drum towers and traces of a curtain wall with two semi-cirular bastions to the west of the enclosure. To the east is a vaulted cellar, the remains of a tower, and evidence of two garderobes.

The castle is first mentioned in 1116 and was possibly occupied until the seventeenth century. It is described in a survey of 1539.

J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 27 April 2004