Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llanblethian Castle
Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Castle
- Period
- Medieval
- Welsh name
- Castell Llanfleiddan
- Community
- Cowbridge with Llanblethian
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.45744, -3.45651
- SAM number
- GM094
- Cadw record number
- 3389
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a castle dating to the medieval period. Llanblethian (aka St Quintin's) comprises a large courtyard castle. The massive twin-towered gatehouse and high stretch of curtain wall on the north side are the main remnants. A ruinous low wall surrounds the rectilinear ward to the west. In the centre is a mound with the shell of a thick-walled building possibly an earlier keep on it. The gatehouse and curtain wall are thought to be early 14th century, built by Gilbert de Clare (the Last, d. 1314).
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval defensive practices. The monument is well-preserved and an important relic of the medieval landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both structural evidence and intact associated deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- St Quintin's Castle (Llanblethian Castle)Defenceunder 1 mi
- Great House with Forecourt Walls & GatepiersDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-Box Near Brook CottageCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Llanblethian House and No2, including Forecourt walls and railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.