EWENNY PRIORY PRECINCT WALLS

Site Details

NPRN
300298
Map Reference
SS97NW
Grid Reference
SS91247779
Unitary (Local) Authority
The Vale of Glamorgan
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Ewenny
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

The thirteenth century precinct walls at Ewenny Priory are fortified and enclose an area of around 1.56 hectares. They incorporate the north transept of the romanesque priory church in one section of their circuit and four mural towers and two gatehouses were irregularly disposed around the rest of the perimeter. The two gatehouses, reconstructed around 1300, incorporate simple Norman vaulted gateways in their passages.

Source: RCAHMW 2000 Glamorgan III.1b 'the Later Castles', 125-147.

RCAHMW, 2004