Manorbier
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The Village Street |
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Manorbier shown within Pembrokeshire | |
Population | 1,327 (2011) |
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Ceremonial county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TENBY |
Postcode district | SA70 |
Dialling code | 01834 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
EU Parliament | Wales |
UK Parliament | |
Welsh Assembly | |
Manorbier (/ˌmænərˈbɪər/; Welsh: Maenorbŷr [mɑɨnɔrˈbɨːr]) is a community, parish and village on the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The name means the 'Manor of Pŷr'. The village is served by Manorbier railway station on the West Wales Line.
Fossils can be found along the stream bed, although some are of poor quality, and along the cliffs to the side of the beach the rock formations are revealed as vertical beds. The evidence of early human habitation consists of many flint microliths, housed in museums around the area, from the Mesolithic and Neolithic ages. The King's Quoit cromlech is the most notable monument in the local area and is to be found to the south east of Manorbier bay and beach.
Later evidence points to occupation of The Dak with the finding of a perforated mace head as well as Bronze age burial mounds on the Ridgeway. Fortifications also seem to have been prominent including an Iron Age enclosure near Manorbier station and the site of a multivallate, meaning multiple ditches, promontory fort at Old Castle Head where there are remains of hut platforms within the ditches.