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Ystradowen Motte

Ystradowen, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales
ST 011777

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Photographs copyright © 2002 by Laurie Oliver

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A medium-sized motte just west of the church with a quarry hole in the middle. There is a ditch on the north and south sides, stopping abruptly at the west end, suggesting that the castle was unfinished. The masonry castle of Tal y Fan is 1km to the east.

 


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