, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Cilgerran Castle stands on a precipitous, craggy promontory overlooking the river Teifi where it merges with the Plysgog stream. The Teifi here is just at its tidal limit, so the castle was able to control both a natural crossing point and the passage of seagoing ships. Cilgerran's most striking surviving features are Marshall's powerful twin round towers and curtain wall, built to defend the castles vulnerable side (note how the towers' outward-facing walls are much thicker than those within). ....
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