Brocastle

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are no visible remains

NameBrocastle
Alternative NamesLlangan
Historic CountryGlamorgan
Modern AuthorityVale of Glamorgan
1974 AuthoritySouth Glamorgan
CommunityEwenny

Recorded by King as 'A possible castle site' Rejected by Spurgeon as there being no documentary evidence or vestiges of earthworks or masonry to justify the name. However, Spurgeon also writes the name is not a recent antiquarian invention and that Brocastle was a small mense-manor held of Ogmore, possibly a sub-fee held from early C12 by the de Reigny family.

Gatehouse Comments

The possibility of a small earthwork castle, long vanished under later buildings, cannot be excluded.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSS936771
Latitude51.4833908081055
Longitude-3.53393006324768
Eastings293620
Northings177190
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Books

  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 173

Journals

  • Spurgeon, C.J. with Roberts, D.J. and Thomas, H.J., 1999, 'Supposed Castles in Glamorgan; A review' Archaeology in Wales Vol. 39 27-40