Wales · Ruin
Pennard Castle
Pennard Castle is a ruined medieval castle on a limestone spur of the Gower Peninsula near the village of Pennard, overlooking the mouth of the Pennard Pill and Three Cliffs Bay. Founded as a 12th-century timber ringwork, it was rebuilt in stone around 1300 with a thin crenellated curtain wall, a two-towered gatehouse, a square mural tower and a circular tower. The site was later abandoned because of encroaching sand dunes and survives as Grade II* listed ruins.
First raised
1200
Its prime
1300
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1300
The shape it held in its prime.
Sits on a limestone spur above the mouth of a stream and Three Cliffs Bay, protected to the north and west by cliffs. A thin stone curtain wall about 8 m high with crenellated battlements encloses an oval interior; masonry is red–purple sandstone rubble with white limestone dressings. Prominent features at its prime are a two half‑circular–towered stone gatehouse, a square mural tower on the western spur and a circular north‑west tower, with a central stone hall within the ringwork.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1300.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Pennard Castle — including 2 interiors: gatehouse passage (throughway), inner courtyard with central stone hall. 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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