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Gelligarn Grange;St Mary Hill Grange

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NPRN18739
Map ReferenceSS97NE
Grid ReferenceSS9576078450
Unitary (Local) AuthorityThe Vale of Glamorgan
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityLlangan
Type Of SiteGRANGE
PeriodMedieval
Description
NAR SS97NE12

A sub-rectangular enclosure, 175m E-W by 125m, defined by a bank and ditch, followed by current field boundaries; within are ruins of a dovecote (Nprn37519), a possibly medieval barn (Nprn37518) and two small fishponds within the W side.

St Mary Hill, or Gelligarn grange, recorded as belonging to Neath Abbey in 1208, dispossed 1536.

The enclosure appears to lie at the SE of a larger circuit, describing a figure, c.370m E-W by 350m.
To the E are possibly medieval remains, associated with St Mary's church (Nprn307549).

Source: RCAHMW 1982 Glamorgan III.2, 260-262)

J.Wiles 20.12.02