Wales
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Pennard

Pennard Castle

Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of on the , in south . The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales.
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Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle ruins on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales
  • Also known as: “Pennard Castle & Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb and Cathole Cave.

Archaeological site
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. is situated 1 mile northwest of Pennard Castle.

Cave
Photo: Daicaregos, Public domain.
, Cat Hole Cave or Cathole Rock Cave, is a cave near at Parc le Breos, on the , Wales. It is a steep limestone , about 200 yards north of the cromlech along the Parc le Breos Cwm valley and near the top of the gorge, about 50 feet from the valley floor. is situated 1 mile northwest of Pennard Castle.

Pub
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub, which is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Pennard Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkmill and Southgate.

Village
is a village in the , , midway between the villages of Penmaen and , about eight miles west of , and about one mile from the north coast of the .

Village
is a village in the community of on the , , . It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004, making up most of the population of the community.

Village
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and community on the south of the , about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the of Swansea.

Pennard Castle

Latitude
51.57653° or 51° 34′ 36″ north
Longitude
-4.10225° or 4° 6′ 8″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
9C3QHVGX+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 222766489
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287060
Wiki­data ID
Q4185855
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Pennard Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pennard Castle”
  • Czech: “Pennard”
  • Danish: “Pennard Castle”
  • Finnish: “Pennardin linna”
  • French: “château de Pennard”
  • French: “Château de Pennard”
  • German: “Castell Pennard”
  • German: “Pennard Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Pennard”
  • Italian: “Pennard Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Пеннард”
  • Russian: “Пеннард”
  • Slovak: “Pennard”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Pennard”
  • Swedish: “Pennard Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Pennard”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lunnon and Penmaen.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pennard Castle”. Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.