Upton Castle Chapel in Cosheston, Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates: 51.70498, -4.86949
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Upton Castle near Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, west Wales is a small castle, a knight's holding from Pembroke on a creek of the Carew River. Upton was actually a fortified mansion but has remarkably strong towers for so small a fortification. It is thought to have been built in the 13th century by the Malefants, a Norman family who held it until the 16th century. The male line died out and in the 18th century it went out of the family altogether. A nearby chapel contains three tomb effigies dating from the 14th century, all members of the Malefant family.

The defensive side, the entrance to the castle, has three round towers with a gate between two of the three. There is also a building that was once apparently a hall. The castle was modernized in the 18th century and today is on private grounds not open to the public.