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Counsel Tut, Cowbridge

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

Name	Counsel Tut, Cowbridge
Alternative Names	Council Twt
Historic Country	Glamorgan
Modern Authority	Vale of Glamorgan
1974 Authority	South Glamorgan
Community	Cowbridge With Llanblethian

A spread grass covered mound, in the centre of which is a large tree. It has a diameter of 16.0m. Its height is 0.6m on the N, 0.4m on the E, and 0.2m on the W, where the ground has been levelled for a childrens swing. There is no ditch and no indication of its antiquity or original purpose. Apparently natural. (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust HER–now catagorised as a U mound but has been recorded as medieval motte)

Gatehouse Comments

This is a mound in the local council park called Twt Park (Which is near to South Gate). Spurgeon writes this is a low spread mound, entirely natural and outside the line of the town walls. There is no history or tradition of a castle at Cowbridge. References to 'Cowbridge Castle' which occur in the late C15 early C16 records refer to nearby Llanblethian castle (only 600m from the parish church and in direct line on site (from the top of the gatehouse) to Cowbridge), the constable of which was also the mayor of Cowbridge.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record

www.cofiadurcahcymru.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GGAT00259s&dbname=ggat&tbname=core

OS Map Grid Reference	SS994745
Latitude	51.4608497619629
Longitude	-3.44976997375488
Eastings	299400
Northings	174500