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Llangynwyd Castle

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00124m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Llangynwyd Middle
Unitary authority : Bridgend
NGR : SS85178866
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Castle
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
Seems to have begun as a medieval ringwork, later provided with a stone lcurtain and twin-towered gatehouse. Little masonry is visible though the uneven interior suggests collapsed stone buildings. Some courses of gatehouse towers survive.

Description :
Seems to have begun as a medieval ringwork, later provided with a stone lcurtain and twin-towered gatehouse. Little masonry is visible though the uneven interior suggests collapsed stone buildings. Some courses of gatehouse towers survive.




Sources :
Richards B. , 1982 , History of the Llynfi Valley
Savory H.N. & Nash-Williams V.E. , 1949 , List of Hill-Forts and other Earthworks , The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies : XIII pt.3 : 157-
Spurgeon C.J. & Thomas H.S. , 1978 , Medieval Glamorgan: An interim report on recent fieldwork , Morgannwg : 22 : 14-41
Williams T.C. , 1969 , Llangynwyd Castle
01/MM Record Card/OS/1956/SS 88 NE 6
02/PM Desc Text/Savory HN/1949/Bull Board Celtic Stud Vol13 pt3 p161
07/PM Desc Text/RCAHM/1991/Invent III 1b/MR2
04/PM Desc Text/Spurgeon CJ & Thomas HJ/1978/Morgannwg 22
06/Pers Comm/RCHM/Thomas HJ/June 1985
03/PM Desc Text/Williams TC/1969/Trans Port Talbort Hist Soc/no1 vol2
05/MM Record Card/OS/1982/SS 88 NE 6
08/PM Note/Spurgeon CJ & Thomas HJ/1974/Arch in Wales no61 p34
09/Desc Text/Cadw/ Full Management Report/2006/ Copy in further information file

Events :
E008389 : Foel Trawsnant Windfarm, Maesteg (year : 2021)
E008483 : Foel Trawsnant Windfarm, Maesteg (year : 2022)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 94553 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/94553/details

Compiled date : 01-02-1977


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