SULLY CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
300457
Map Reference
ST16NE
Grid Reference
ST15166834
Unitary (Local) Authority
The Vale of Glamorgan
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Sully
Type of Site
CASTLE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

The excavations of 1963-69 on the site of Sully Castle revealed six phases of occupation ranging from the Romano-British to the 17th or 18th century. Four were medieval (phases 2-5) from which were deduced two main periods of building: I, an earthwork of the 12th century to which a stone keep was added (phases 2-3), and II, a fortified manor-house of the 13th and early 14th centuries.
Fragments of painted wallplaster of unknown date were also recovered.

RCAHMW, 2004