Carew Castle stands on a limestone bluff above the Carew inlet of the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Gerald de Windsor built a stone keep around 1100, and Nicholas de Carew built the present high-walled structure around 1270. Sir John Perrot completed the last major changes after acquiring the castle in 1558.
The castle began as a Norman stronghold but mixes later styles. It has three D-shaped towers at the front, two large round towers at the rear and crenelated walls. Perrot converted the northern wall into a Tudor range with ornate windows and a long gallery.
Royalists refortified it during the English Civil War. Cadw has funded restoration since 1984, and the site is open to the public.
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