Oldcastle Bridgend
Has been described as a Certain Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)
There are no visible remains
| Name | Oldcastle Bridgend |
| Alternative Names | Nolton; Henecastelle, Penbont |
| Historic Country | Glamorgan |
| Modern Authority | Bridgend |
| 1974 Authority | Mid Glamorgan |
| Community | Bridgend |
In the C12 two castles were recorded at or near Bridgend. Oldcastle was presumably an earth & timber structure, and must have been built by 1100, as the later Newcastle was first heard of in 1106. (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust HER)
Traditional site of Nolton Castle - the Oldcastle to Newcastle to the N (Nprn93036); site first noticed by Leyland, who observed ruins here in the e.16th C., these possibly to be identified with traces of structure(s) underlying the N end of the present tithe barn (Nprn401431): on the N of the tithe barn a possible curvilinear enclosure, c.33m across, has been suggested, defined by steep scarps on the N, above the Ogmore River, & W, these features being reflected/reflecting the garden layout associated with Fitzhamon Court, depicted on OS County series 2nd ed. (Glamorgan. XL.7 1899). (Coflein–ref. RCAHMW, 1991)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | SS905794 |
| Latitude | 51.503719329834 |
| Longitude | -3.57877993583679 |
| Eastings | 290500 |
| Northings | 179400 |
