Pele Tower, Angle, the Glossary
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]
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16 relations: Angle, Pembrokeshire, Arch, Arrowslit, Bressummer, Corbel, Drawbridge, Fortified tower, Glebe, Listed building, Machicolation, Parapet, Peel tower, Pembrokeshire, Rector (ecclesiastical), Sandstone, Wales.
- Buildings and structures in Pembrokeshire
- Grade I listed buildings in Pembrokeshire
- 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
- Blue Lagoon Water Park, Pembrokeshire
- Cardigan transmitting station
- Carreg Coetan Arthur
- Cawdor Barracks
- Haverfordwest Airport
- Haverfordwest transmitting station
- List of Roman-to-modern scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire
- List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in north Pembrokeshire
- List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in south Pembrokeshire
- Oakwood Theme Park
- Pele Tower, Angle
- Pembroke Power Station
- Pembroke town walls
- Penrhos Cottage
- Pentre Ifan
- Pont Treseli
- Preseli transmitting station
- RAF Carew Cheriton
- RNAD Trecwn
- RNMD Milford Haven
- Scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire
- Solva Woollen Mill
- South Wales Gas Pipeline
- St Dogmaels television relay station
- Tafarn Sinc
- Tenby town walls
- The Norton drill hall, Tenby
- Theatr Gwaun
- Tudor Merchant's House
- Watwick Point Beacon
Grade I listed buildings in Pembrokeshire
- Abbey of St Mary, St Dogmaels
- Amroth Castle
- Carew Castle
- Carew Cross
- Cilgerran Castle
- Ffynone House
- Grade I listed buildings in Pembrokeshire
- Haverfordwest Castle
- Haverfordwest Priory
- Lamphey Bishop's Palace
- Llawhaden Castle
- Lydstep Palace
- Manorbier Castle
- Monkton Old Hall
- Narberth Castle
- Newport Castle, Pembrokeshire
- Paterchurch Tower
- Pele Tower, Angle
- Pembroke Castle
- Picton Castle
- Porth-y-Tŵr
- Roch Castle
- St David's Church, Hubberston
- St Davids Bishops Palace
- St Elidyr's Church, Stackpole
- St Justinian's Chapel
- St Michael's Church, Rudbaxton
- St Nicholas & St John, Monkton
- Wiston Castle
Scheduled monuments in Pembrokeshire
- Carew Castle
- Cilgerran Castle
- Foel Drygarn
- Fort Hubberstone
- Greenala Point
- Haverfordwest Castle
- Haverfordwest Priory
- King's Quoit
- Lamphey Bishop's Palace
- Limekilns at Kiln Park, Pembrokeshire
- Llawhaden Castle
- Pele Tower, Angle
- Scoveston Fort
- St Catherine's Fort
- St Davids Bishops Palace
- St Govan's Chapel
- Tenby town walls
- Wiston Castle