• There is much scholarly controversy about the dating and patronage of the Castle. According to Toy, the inner bailey including the keep, was built "about 1200 or in the early years of the thirteenth century", and the outer Bailey during the first half of the 13th century (p 119) Thompson says it was probably built by William Marshal, earl of Pembroke and Stirguil. Oman sees it as the  Gilbert de Clare, or his son Richard "Strongbow" (Oman, p 201) and says the outer bailey was probably built sometime during the period 1260-1323
• Few architectural remains except outer walls, Keep, and a few buildings in inner Ward.
• Keep is 75-80 feet high (4 stories) and is 25 feet, 3 inches in internal diameter  The floors were wood, but the top stage was vaulted with a dome. (Toy, p 120)  At the base, the walls are 19 feet thick.
• Under the inner ward is a large natural cavern called the Wogan 7o feet by 50 feet. It was accessible from the river.
• Pembroke Castle was never captured during the medieval period
• Henry VII was said to have been born in one of the upper chambers of the gatehouse. ca 1456

Adapted From Thompson, p 181

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973  Inside Outer Ward Looking towards Gatehouse Screen-sized image Large "archive image"	Adapted From Oman, facing page 199 View From West Screen sized image / Large "archive image"
Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973 Inner side of the walls Screen-sized Image Large "archive image"	Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973 Top of the wall  Screen-sized Image / Large "Archive" Image

Adapted From Thompson, Military Architecture, p 213 Inner side of the Gatehouse Screen-sized Image / Large "archive image"

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973 Screen-sized imageLarge "Archive" Image

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973   View from the Outer Ward Screen-sized image/ Large "archive image"

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973 Interior of Hall ? Screen-sized Image Large "archive image"

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973 Screen-sized Image Large "archive image"

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Innes-Smith, Robert. Pembroke Castle. Derby, Pilgrim Press, 1996.  ISBN:  1874670234 (pbk) : (short guidebook)

Oman, Charles William Chadwick. Castles, by Charles Oman London, The Great western railway, 1926. LC Call Number: NA963 O54

Owen, Henry. A calendar of the public records relating to Pembrokeshire.  London,  Issued by the Honourable society of Cymmrodorion,  1918.

Platt, Colin. The Castle in Medieval England and Wales. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1981. ISBN 0 76070 054 0

Renn, Derek Frank. Norman castles in Britain [by] D. F. Renn.London, Baker; New York, Humanities P., 1968. LC Call Number:   NA963 .R41

Thompson, Alexander Hamilton.  Military architecture in England during the middle ages, by A. Hamilton Thompson ... illustrated by 200 photographs,   drawings, and plans. London, New York [etc.] H. Frowde, 1912.  LC number NA963 .T46

Toy, Sidney.  Castles, a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600 London, Toronto, W. Heinemann, ltd. [1939]. LC Number:  NA490 .T75
 
 

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