BARRY CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
96081
Map Reference
ST16NW
Grid Reference
ST10086720
Unitary (Local) Authority
The Vale of Glamorgan
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Barry
Type of Site
MANSION
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

NAR ST16NW8
Ruins of a defensible mansion, built in two stages from c.1300 through to the e.14th c., possibly within/on the site of an earlier (12th c.?) castle ringwork. First mentioned when derelict in the 1530's.
Three main blocks, joined by lengths of curtain wall appear to have defined a quadrangular court, c.30m N-S by 28m overall. The gatehouse, in the SE angle, used for manorial courts, 1600-1720, is the best preserved part.
(source: RCAHMW 2000, 22-32)
RCAHMW AP955175/58
J.Wiles 04.02.03