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The ruins of Pennard Castle sit precariously at the top of a very sandy cliff.
©Graham Taylor
Pennard Castle sits precariously at the top of a very sandy cliff.
©Graham Taylor
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©Chris Gunns
©Chris Gunns
Inland about 500 yards from the main beach on high ground above Pennard pill is Pennard Castle. It was built in the early 12th century, and is imbued with legends of fairies.
©Kev Griffin
Ruins of Pennard Castle with Three Cliff Bay in the distance.
©Christine Matthews
There was a previous earth and wood ringwork castle here built early C12 which was superseded in late C13/early C14 by this stone castle. It commanded an excellent position on the edge of Pennard Pill and was matched by another on the opposite side of the valley but the castle was inexpertly constructed for military defence. However after only a hundred years or so it surrendered to a natural foe, the encroaching wind-borne sands. A legend tells that this was the result of the castle's Norman baron disrupting the revels of the telwyth teg (fairy folk) down on the beach below.
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Unusual hazards on a golf course are the remains of Pennard castle standing right on the edge of the valley, and a little distance away is this ruined mediaeval church which, like the castle and the settlement around it, was overwhelmed by wind-blown sand and was last used in 1532.
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An ideal site for a castle, the remains of the one at Pennard overlooks the magnificent views of Three Cliffs Bay. The castle is believed to date back to the 14th Century although there may have been earlier settlements on the site previous to that.
©Andy Jenkins
The links at Pennard is full of natural contours; the view beyond, across the valley, reveals the eastern end of Cefn Bryn with the village of Pen Maen below.
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Looking northwest.
©Robert Lamb
Looking from the footpath from Penmaen to Three Cliffs Bay. The ruins of Pennard Castle are on the edge of the escarpment in front of the golf course.
©Graham Taylor
Looking west-southwest.
©Robert Lamb
Pennard golf course is referred to thus on account of its elevation above the Pennard Pill to the west and the sea to the south. In this view from the ruined church the coastline of Gower can be seen extending westwards.
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