Pennard Castle

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medieval castle ruined castle

Pennard Castle is a ruined medieval fortification on the Gower Peninsula in Wales, known for its dramatic clifftop setting overlooking Three Cliffs Bay.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pennard Castle canonical	8
ruins of Pennard Castle	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval castle ⓘ ruined castle ⓘ
access	footpath ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Norman military architecture ⓘ
category	Castles in Swansea ⓘ Grade II* listed castles in Wales ⓘ Ruined castles in Wales ⓘ Scheduled monuments in Swansea ⓘ
condition	ruin ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ
hasPanoramicViewOf	Bristol Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	curtain wall ⓘ ditch ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ inner ward ⓘ outer ward ⓘ round towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade II* listed building ⓘ Scheduled monument ⓘ
inception	12th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Gower Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	City and County of Swansea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCounty	Glamorgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea	Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Pennard NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNextTo	Pennard Pill NERFINISHED ⓘ golf course ⓘ
locatedOn	clifftop ⓘ
maintainedBy	local authority ⓘ
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ rubble stone ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Parkmill NERFINISHED ⓘ Southgate NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
overlooks	Three Cliffs Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	City and County of Swansea Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	abandonment due to encroaching sand dunes ⓘ replacement of timber fortification with stone castle ⓘ
terrainFeature	coastal cliff ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	administrative centre of local lordship ⓘ military defence ⓘ
viewpointFor	Three Cliffs Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Three Cliffs Bay → hasViewOf → Pennard Castle ⓘ

Three Cliffs Bay → hasNearbyFeature → Pennard Castle ⓘ

Pennard → hasRuins → Pennard Castle ⓘ

Pennard → near → Pennard Castle ⓘ

Pennard → hasLandmark → Pennard Castle ⓘ

Pennard → knownFor → Pennard Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: ruins of Pennard Castle

Pennard → hasHeritageSite → Pennard Castle ⓘ

Pennard → hasHistoricalSite → Pennard Castle ⓘ

Pobbles Beach → nearbyPlace → Pennard Castle ⓘ