Discover Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire - Wales

Carew Castle is one of the prominent ruined stone castles in a picturesque location next to the mill pond that powers the tide mill. The castle is ruined now but was once a mighty stronghold and a grand Elizabethan mansion. The ruins of Carew Castle stand in majestic splendour on the low banks of the River Carew, near Pembroke. Gerald of Windsor erected a Norman motte and bailey castle here about 1100, building on a still earlier Iron Age fort. It is perhaps odd that the fort was built here in a low-lying position beside the river, rather than on a natural defensive hilltop as was more common.