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    Stormy Castle

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    NPRN19997
    Map ReferenceSS88SW
    Grid ReferenceSS8458081530
    Unitary (Local) AuthorityBridgend
    Old CountyGlamorgan
    CommunityCynffig
    Type Of SiteMOTTE
    PeriodMedieval
    Description
    A degraded circular mound, 35m in diameter and 3.0m high, with a summit diameter of 15-18m.
    Thought to be the castle of the Sturmis. Geffrey Sturmi founded a vill here, after 1115, on previously uncultivated land. The site was in the possession of Margam abbey by 1166.

    Sources: Os495card; SS88SW27;
    RCAHMW 1991 Glamorgan III.1a 'the Earlier Castles', 61-4.

    Associated with:
    Stormy I (Nprn15455)
    Stormy II (Nprn19998)
    Stormy moated site (Nprn308464).

    RCAHMW AP955060/67; 955223/49-50

    J.Wiles 13.12.02
    Resources
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    application/pdfRCAHMW ExhibitionsBilingual exhibition panel entitled Morgannwg: Y Cestyll Cynnar. Glamorgan: Early Castles, produced by RCAHMW, 2009.