Carew: A Castle, a Tidal Mill and a Welsh Princess
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Carew: A Castle, a Tidal Mill and a Welsh Princess
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Carew Castle stands on a limestone bluff over the Carew inlet of the Milford Haven waterway. Gerald de Windsor built its first stone keep around 1100, on the manor that came to him with his wife, Nest, princess of Deheubarth. Rhys ap Thomas, who made his fortune by changing sides to back Henry VII just before Bosworth, held it later, and Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland, who acquired it in 1558, rebuilt the north walls as a long Elizabethan range of rooms — before falling from favour and dying in the Tower in 1592. Beside the castle is Carew Tidal Mill, the only restored tidal mill in Wales.
Required Activities
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of 3
Walk round the castle from Gerald de Windsor's keep to Perrot's Elizabethan range
2
of 3
Go into the Carew Tidal Mill, the only restored tidal mill in Wales
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of 3
Find out who Nest of Deheubarth was
Walk round the castle from Gerald de Windsor's keep to Perrot's Elizabethan range
Go into the Carew Tidal Mill, the only restored tidal mill in Wales
Find out who Nest of Deheubarth was
Before you go
Carew Castle closes in January and most of February, and the Tidal Mill is closed from early January to late March.
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