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    Pennard Castle

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    NPRN94530
    Map ReferenceSS58NW
    Grid ReferenceSS5442088500
    Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
    Old CountyGlamorgan
    CommunityPennard
    Type Of SiteCASTLE
    PeriodMedieval
    Description
    The spectacular coastal castle at Pennard is first mentioned in 1322, though the earliest remains on the site, including a ring work and stone hall, date from the twelfth century. The castle was fortified in stone in the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century by the addition of a stone curtain wall and a twin towered gateway facing east. Later in the medieval period a western tower was added. It was ruinous by 1650.

    source: RCAHMW 1991, Glamorgan 3.1a 'the Earlier Castles', MR6 288-96

    J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 04 March 2004
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    application/pdfBMA - Black Mountains Archaeology CollectionReport from a Photogrammetric 3D Building Survey for Pennard Castle, Gower, carried out by Black Mountains Archaeology in 2022. Report No. 256.
    application/pdfAWP - Archaeology Wales Project ArchivesReport of an Archaeological Desk Based Assessment of Land at Pennard, Gower, Swansea. Report no: 1710. Project code: 2639. Dated 2018.
    application/pdfRCAHMW ExhibitionsBilingual exhibition panel entitled Morgannwg: Y Cestyll Cynnar. Glamorgan: Early Castles, produced by RCAHMW, 2009.