Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tenby Castle
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Castle (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Castle
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.67246, -4.69480
- SAM number
- PE163
- Cadw record number
- 2037
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 245 Pembroke (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a castle, dating to the medieval period. It occupies a large steep-sided promontory on the coast dividing the north and south beaches of Tenby and was attached at the narrow neck to the medieval town walls. The castle is first mentioned in the twelfth century. In the 13th century it was part of the Lordship of Pembroke. The castle is ruinous and comprises a gate tower and D-shaped barbican at the south-west entrance, on the summit of the hill a round central watch tower of c 5.8m in diameter with a square stair turret, defensive walls and parts of domestic buildings. Short lengths of embattled curtain wall are exposed at low tide.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive practices. The monument is well-preserved and an important relic of the medieval landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both structural evidence and intact associated deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- The Prince Consort MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Tenby Castle remainsInstitutionalunder 1 mi
- Tenby MuseumEducationunder 1 mi
- The Old Coastguard HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.