Wales · Partial ruin
Carreg Cennen Castle
Carreg Cennen Castle (Castell Carreg Cennen) is a medieval castle perched on a high limestone outcrop above the River Cennen in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The surviving fabric forms a strongly walled, towered square inner ward with an outer ward, barbican and a prominent twin-towered gatehouse; the site is now in the care of Cadw and is visited from the nearby Castell Farm access route.
Its prime
1320
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1320
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on an isolated block of pale Carboniferous limestone, the castle crowns a steep precipice with sheer cliffs to the south. The plan is a strongly-walled, roughly square inner ward defended by six towers of differing shapes and heights and a prominent twin-towered gatehouse on the north side which is the highest element. Curtain walls are crenellated and built of roughly coursed local limestone; an outer ward and barbican lie to the north and east, and a yard and east-range of apartments occupy the inner court.
Step inside
11 places to explore in 1320.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Carreg Cennen Castle — including 6 interiors: gatehouse passage and upper chambers, great hall in the east range, kitchens and service range (east side) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Carreg Cennen Castle with the fires lit.
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