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Above: Carew in the Elizabethan Period

Elizabethan Period

• Medieval fortress transitioned to Elizabethan manor house
• Sir John Perrot (1530-1592) responsible for the great northern range with large windows (view of Millpond)
• Perrot, owner, died in the Tower of London before reconstruction complete

Civil War Garrison

• Sir George Carew, owner
• Carew declared for the King, but it was garrisoned at different times by both royalists and parliamentarians (?)
• Changed hands four times, once after an assault
• Buildings on the south side were also slighted to prevent the enemy making further use of the site --> (How did this work exactly?)

After...(Romantic Icon)

• Castle abandoned in 1686
• Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro) leased castle and area around it for 99 years in 1983 from the Carew Estate owned by Anthongy Trollope-Bellew of Crowcombe, Somerset (a descendent of Nicholas de Carew)
• NPA restored and managed the castle and grounds: (1) conserve buildings, (2) improve their setting, (3) increase public access
• Restoration: began in 1984, team of masons, grant-aided by CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments
• The restoration programme was long-term, involving a team of masons and grant-aided by CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments
• Enironment: Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) because of bat population and rare plant species
• Current Site: Castle, mill, causeway, medieval bridge, picnic area, 11th-century Celtic Carew Cross
• Inhabited by bats, owls, water birds, ferns, and flowering plants; some sections closed to public to protect bats

Above: Carew during the Civil War