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Cosmeston, Garden Enclosure, Sully

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NPRN301002
Map ReferenceST16NE
Grid ReferenceST1755968850
Unitary (Local) AuthorityThe Vale of Glamorgan
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunitySully
Type Of SiteGARDEN
PeriodMedieval
Description
1. Trapezoidal in plan, the enclosure measures 100m long on the SW side, 55m on the NE, and overall SW-NE 55m.
NAR ST16NE24
On the SW it is defined by a bank 5m wide and 0.9m high, and a ditch 3m wide; and on the N by a scarp. At the highest point within the S corner is a raised platform 15m by 20m, the site of a dovecote (NPRN 300999).
Located a short distance to the SW of the site of Cosmeston village and close to the supposed site of a castle (NPRN 300457).

visited: D.J.Percival 9 September 1987

2. This garden is depicted on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Glamorgan XLVII, sheet 15 (1900). C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 18th August 2006.