October 2014

A few pictures from a brief stop off on our way through the town.
The town of Pembroke is steeped in history, dating back to the 11th century when Arnulf of Montgomery raised an earth and timber fortification on the banks of the Pembroke River. Although something of an outpost, it was considered to be of sufficient strategic value to justify progressive strengthening over the next 150 years, the first stone structure on the site dating from the middle of the 13th Century. William de Valence, one time Mayor of Pembroke, is thought to have been responsible for girdling the town with walls at some time during this period.

Pembroke Castle taken from the bridge over the Mill Pond.

The road heading north out of the town over the Mill Pond.

An old fashioned traditional fruit shop on the Main Street.

The western aspect of the castle. Pembroke is the only castle in Britain to be built over a natural cavern, a large cave known as the Wogan. Historically, Pembroke is important not only for its masonry but for the fact the Harri Tudur, who became Henry VII and inaugurated the Tudor line of monarchs, was born there in 1457 reputedly in the tower now known as the Henry VII Tower.