Cilgerran Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, near Cardigan. It stands on a rocky promontory above the River Teifi, with one side backing onto a cliff. A first castle, little more than a wooden palisade, is thought to have been built by Gerald of Windsor around 1110 to 1115.
Rhys ap Gruffydd destroyed it in 1165, and it changed hands several times. William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, began the stone rebuilding after 1223, and the de Cantilupe family later completed it. Its defenses face inland and include an outer bailey, a gatehouse, a rock-cut ditch and two drum towers instead of a central keep.
The castle was largely abandoned by about 1400. It was presented to the National Trust in 1938, and Cadw holds guardianship.
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