NAR SS97NW4

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).

Source: RCAHMW 1991 Glamorgan III.1a 'the Earlier Castles', VE4 159-60.

J.Wiles 06.10.04