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Manorbier Castle is an 11th century Norman castle located five miles south-west of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in the village of Manorbier.

The castle was originally built as a wooden hall with earthwork defences on land granted to Odo de Barri, a Norman knight, at the end of the 11th century. William de Barri, Odo's son, began work on a stone structure in the first half of the 12th century. Because the defensive properties of the castle were never really put to the test, it remains remarkably well-preserved.

Gerald de Barri, known commonly as Gerald of Wales, the great twelfth century clergyman and scholar, was born at Manorbier Castle in 1146. He is best known today as the author of Itinerarium Cambriae (Journey Through Wales), an account of a recuitment campaign in Wales for the Third Crusade in 1188, on which he accompanied Baldwin of Exeter, the Archbishop of Canterbury. It remains one of the most important Mediaeval documents in existence.

Description
(From Wikipedia)

Manorbier Castle is an 11th century Norman castle located five miles south-west of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in the village of Manorbier.

The castle was originally built as a wooden hall with earthwork defences on land granted to Odo de Barri, a Norman knight, at the end of the 11th century. William de Barri, Odo's son, began work on a stone structure in the first half of the 12th century. Because the defensive properties of the castle were never really put to the test, it remains remarkably well-preserved.

Gerald de Barri, known commonly as Gerald of Wales, the great twelfth century clergyman and scholar, was born at Manorbier Castle in 1146. He is best known today as the author of Itinerarium Cambriae (Journey Through Wales), an account of a recuitment campaign in Wales for the Third Crusade in 1188, on which he accompanied Baldwin of Exeter, the Archbishop of Canterbury. It remains one of the most important Mediaeval documents in existence.