Malefant Castle, Llanmaes

Has been described as a Possible Tower House

There are masonry footings remains

NameMalefant Castle, Llanmaes
Alternative NamesMalifant; Malefaunt; Malefunt; Llanfaes; Llanuais; Bedford
Historic CountryGlamorgan
Modern AuthorityVale of Glamorgan
1974 AuthoritySouth Glamorgan
CommunityLlanmaes

Ruins of a rectangular building, thought to have been a late-medieval defensible hall or tower. Farmbuildings to the E are suggested to have preserved something of the layout of a medieval court. (Coflein)

The only visible remains of Malifant Castle is an angle (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust HER)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSS981694
Latitude51.4141693115234
Longitude-3.46585011482239
Eastings298170
Northings169440
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Books

  • Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p. 99
  • Salter, Mike, 1991, The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower (Malvern) p. 75 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 165
  • Davis, Paul R., 1983, Castles of Glamorgan (Alun Books) p. 47
  • Hague, D.B., 1971, in Pugh, T.B. (ed), Glamorgan County History Vol. 3 The Middle Ages (Cardiff) p. 442
  • O'Neil, B.H., 1946, in Nash-Williams (ed), A Hundred Years of Welsh Archaeology Centenary Volume 1846-1946 (Cambrian Archaeological Association) p. 129
  • Rees, Wm, 1932, Map of South Wales and the Border in the 14th century (Ordnance Survey) (A handbook to the map was published in 1933)
  • Lewis, Samual, 1849, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales online copy

Antiquarian

  • Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1906, Leland's Itinerary in Wales  (Bell and Sons; London) p. 27 online copy

Journals

  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 116 p. 71-132