| CastleXplorer - Carew Castle (516 words) |
 | Carew Castle is an interesting blend of the strong defences of a medieval fortress and the grandeur of a Tudor mansion house, attractively located next to the Carew River, dammed in the 16th century to form a mill pond. |
| Gerald de Windsor, sheriff of Pembroke Castle during royal ownership in the early 1100's, gained the land at Carew as part of a dowry on his marriage to Helen Nest, the daughter of the late Welsh king, Rhys ap Tewdwr. |
| In 1558 the castle was leased to Sir John Perrot, reputedly one of Henry VIII's illegitimate sons. |
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