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St Nicholas Castle

aka St Nicholas Gaer, Cottrell Ringwork

near Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales
ST 084 747

Map link for St Nicholas Castle

Photograph copyright © 2002 by Laurie Oliver

St Nicholas is a fine, large raised ringwork surrounded by a ditch, with a causeway across the south side. The outline of a rectangular bailey is found to the south (Salter).

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