Picton Castle

Originally built at the end of the 13th century by a Flemish knight, it later came into the hands of Sir John Wogan.

In 1102, following a failed revolt by many of these Normans against King Henry I of England (in favour of Henry's brother, Robert Curthose), the King re-organised the wider region surrounding the Daugleddau Estuary and Milford Haven, including the Penfro peninsula, as a single Marcher Lordship of Pembroke.

[1] Henry offered to settle the refugees in the hinterland of the Pembroke Lordship - Haverford (the west of the Daugleddau Estuary) and Dungleddy (the east),[1] thus supplementing his garrison at Pembroke Castle with a compliant and grateful local populace; the number of Flemings so settled far outweighed any local Welsh populace (having a significant genetic impact which lasts to this day[2][3]).

In Dungleddy, the Flemings settled under the leadership of a man named Wizo, who proceeded to build and live at Wiston Castle.

The site chosen for the castle he built may have been on a mound a few hundred yards to the east of the present house, but in any event, the present building was in place by the end of the thirteenth century and was by then in the hands of the Wogan family, who were now the owners of Wiston Castle.

The design was unusual, there being no courtyard internally, the main building being protected by seven circular towers which projected from the wall.

At the east end, two of these towers acted as a gatehouse, and the portcullised-entrance between them led straight into the lower part of the great hall.

[10] In 1611, King James I wanted to pay for his army in Ireland and decided to raise the money by selling baronetcies.

The episode drew attention to differences between art authorities and added to the controversies that have attended the Wildenstein Institute.