| Lydstep Haven | |
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 Lydstep Haven | |
  Lydstep Haven Location withinPembrokeshire | |
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| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TENBY |
| Postcode district | SA |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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Lydstep Haven, known in ancient times asLis Castell, is an area inPembrokeshire,Wales, in thecommunity ofManorbier. Both the beach and caravan park are what is known as Lydstep Haven. Reached via theA4139 fromTenby andPembroke.[1]
Thehamlet ofLydstep contains theGrade I listed ruins of a "Bishop's Palace" across from the road from the Lydstep Tavern. Although called a palace, it is understood to have been the hunting seat of Lord St David in the early 14th century.Cadw describe it as a medieval house containing a first-floor hall and possible parlour, and vaulted undercroft in two unequal sections, constructed of limestone masonry with slate roof. Traditionally known as the 'Place of Arms', its name perhaps became mutated to 'palace' and was probably where the manorial court of Manorbier and Penally was held.[2]
