Walwyn's Castle ( Welsh: ''Castell Gwalchmai'') is a village,

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in the county of Pembrokeshire,

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, and is from

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and from

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. In 2011 the community's population was 361.

Community

The community of Walwyn's Castle consists of the parishes of Walwyn's Castle itself and the parishes of Hasguard and Robeston West. In 2011 the population of the community of Walwyn's Castle was 355 with 15.2 per cent able to speak Welsh.

History

In his 12th century

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claimed that the grave of

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( la, Walwen, cy, Gwalchmai) was found here around the end of the 11th century and that the castle mound covers the site. A castle was built within an Iron Age Hill fort by the Normans. There is an historic rath overlooking Walwyn's Castle. A geophysical survey was carried out in 2011. Walwyn's Castle was in the ancient

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with its origins in the pre-Norman cantref of Rhôs. This and several other parishes fell within the mediaeval Barony of Walwyn's Castle, the

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