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Llantwit Major Bishops Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Llantwyt

In the community of Llantwit Major.
In the historic county of Glamorgan (Modern authority of Vale of Glamorgan, preserved county of South Glamorgan).

Bishop's Palace Field is a placename in the complex of earthworks that are the remains of a grange of Tewkesbury Abbey. The site has been excavated and footing of various building were found along with C12-C16 pottery, fragments of a Tithe barn and a dovecot remain above ground. This was a significant grange but I can find no references to it being a residential episcopal manor other than the placename.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Earthworks remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SS964687

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County Sites and Monuments Record number; 00438s

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