Pennard Castle

Pennard Castle is a ruined castle constructed of rubble stone walls. Only parts of the curtain wall and gatehouse remain. The eastern gatehouse features a segmental arch over the main doorway, with a segmental-headed window above it. It is flanked by two-stage half-round towers, which are battered at their bases. The southern tower is less well preserved and has been partially reconstructed, supported by concrete underpinning and cement render. It includes a first-floor arrow slit facing the entrance and partial survival of two merlons of the battlements. The northern tower has an arrow slit on the lower level and a similar arrow slit facing inwards above it. The curtain wall north of the gatehouse is set back at an angle and incorporates a tall, narrow, flat-headed window. The north wall has numerous putlogs, above which are sockets used to drain the wall walk. At the western end is a shallow garderobe projection, though the wall is now breached. The northwest angle has a half-round turret, with its wall partially fallen away towards the cliff.

Inside the gatehouse, the north tower has wide embrasures and segmental rere arches to its windows, plus an arrow slit facing the gateway, though its rere arch is missing. An inset band marks the level of the first-floor beams. The rear of this tower is square and wider than the half-round front, creating an irregular plan. Only a small portion of the southern tower is visible above ground level; its first-floor arrow slit has a concrete lintel where a rere arch once stood. The north curtain wall is partially missing, and no wall walk is now visible. The northwest turret’s west wall contains the embrasure of a former window, also lacking its rere arch. A tower was added against the exterior of the west curtain wall after the castle ceased to be primarily defensive. A breach in the curtain wall has been filled with modern blockwork incorporating a doorway. The later tower's interior includes raked sills and embrasures of west and south windows and numerous putlogs. Finally, a detached curved section of the south curtain wall also remains.