Great Castle Head
Great Castle Head is a castle in Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Great Castle Head is situated nearby to the building Dale Castle, as well as near the village Marloes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dale Castle and Dale Fort.
Dale Castle
Building
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Dale Castle is a 13th-century castle located close to the village of Dale in Pembrokeshire, Wales. In 1910, part of the castle was removed and other parts were incorporated into a new private dwelling house, built in the style of a fortified manor house. Dale Castle is situated 2,000 feet east of Great Castle Head.
Dale Fort
Castle
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Dale Fort is a mid-19th-century coastal artillery fort at Dale Head, a rocky promontory near Dale, Pembrokeshire, west of Milford Haven in Wales. It is one of the centres run by Field Studies Council and offers residential and non-residential fieldwork for schools, colleges and universities, holiday accommodation and professional and leisure courses in natural history and arts. Dale Fort is situated 1½ miles east of Great Castle Head.
Marloes Sands
Beach
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Marloes Sands is an approx. 1.5 kilometres long remote sandy beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, near the village of Marloes. It's broadly curved and surrounded by cliffs. Walking on the beach gives great views of Skokholm Island and Gateholm Island. Marloes Sands is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great Castle Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dale and Marloes.
Dale
Village
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Dale is a small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, located on the peninsula which forms the northern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway.
Marloes
Village
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Marloes is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Marloes Peninsula 7 miles west of Milford Haven and forms the western tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay. Marloes is situated 2 miles north of Great Castle Head.
St Brides
Hamlet
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St Brides is a parish and small coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the south of St Brides Bay, about 1+1⁄2 miles north of the larger village of Marloes, with which it forms the Marloes and St Brides community. St Brides is situated 3½ miles north of Great Castle Head.
Great Castle Head
- Type: Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Dale, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.70633° or 51° 42′ 23″ northLongitude
-5.18673° or 5° 11′ 12″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
9C3PPR47+G8GeoNames ID
6285836
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