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The Pele Tower in Angle, Pembrokeshire, in southwest Wales is a Grade I-listed stone fortified tower dating back to the 14th century and is the only remaining example of a pele tower in Wales.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Angle, Pembrokeshire, Arch, Arrowslit, Bressummer, Corbel, Drawbridge, Fortified tower, Glebe, Listed building, Machicolation, Parapet, Peel tower, Pembrokeshire, Rector (ecclesiastical), Sandstone, Wales.

  2. Buildings and structures in Pembrokeshire
  3. Grade I listed buildings in Pembrokeshire
  4. Scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire

Angle, Pembrokeshire

Angle (Angl) is a village, parish and community on the southern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Arch

An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it.

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Arrowslit

An arrowslit (often also referred to as an arrow loop, loophole or loop hole, and sometimes a balistraria) is a narrow vertical aperture in a fortification through which an archer can launch arrows or a crossbowman can launch bolts.

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Bressummer

A bressummer, breastsummer, summer beam (somier, sommier, sommer, somer, cross-somer, summer, summier, summer-tree, or dorman, dormant tree) is a load-bearing beam in a timber-framed building.

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Corbel

In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket.

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Drawbridge

A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.

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Fortified tower

A fortified tower (also defensive tower or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as castles, along with curtain walls.

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Glebe

Glebe (also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s)) is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Machicolation

A machicolation (mâchicoulis) is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones or other material, such as boiling water, hot sand, quicklime or boiling cooking oil, could be dropped on attackers at the base of a defensive wall.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Peel tower

Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600.

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Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) is a county in the south-west of Wales.

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Rector (ecclesiastical)

A rector is, in an ecclesiastical sense, a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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See also

Buildings and structures in Pembrokeshire

Grade I listed buildings in Pembrokeshire

Scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele_Tower,_Angle