Five Arch Barbican - Tenby, Pembrokshire, Wales.
N 51° 40.266 W 004° 42.044
30U E 382394 N 5725827
The Five Arch Barbican built by the French to protect the main entrance through the 13th century Town Walls, protecting the Town of Tenby, in Pembrokshire, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMRCTH
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/10/2016
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The Barbican was built to protect the West gate in the Town Walls built by the Normans (French) from the local Welsh inhabitants.
"Tenby is a delightful historic town in South Wales. It is situated on Carmarthen Bay in Pembrokeshire, and its name means "Little town of the fishes".
Tenby is a mediaeval town within 13th century town walls. It has many surviving architectural features including the unusual Five Arches Barbican Gatehouse." Text Source: (
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Date Built: 13th Century
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...