Plan to remove metal stanchions
The ugly stanchions propping up Cardigan Castle’s walls could be gone within a few years.
Engineers are now surveying the site as part of Cadwgan Trust’s £4.5m Heritage Lottery bid which is due to be submitted this September.
“Engineers feel it would be possible to remove the buttresses but three bore holes need to be drilled in order to take rock bore samples before they can be certain,” states a report to the trust. Archaeological work would be carried out at the same time.
The steel stanchions were installed at the castle more than 30 years ago when work was carried out on the new pedestrian footbridge.
“Their removal would be the best signal yet that Cardigan Castle is coming back to life,” said Cadwgan chair Jann Tucker.
Castle wall stachions
