Llanstffan
Castle

Llansteffan castle stands in a wonderfully picturesque location, crowning the top of a well-defined headland looking out over the broad sand-flats of the Tywi estuary.

This strong hilltop position was first fortified in the prehistoric Iron Age and by the sixth century BC a double bank and ditch had been thrown across the neck of the headland to create a defensive promontory fort.

It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the Norman invaders also recognised the defensive potential of the site.