Boverton Place, Llantwit Major

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Bertown

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

King writes 'A possible castle site' I presume he means Boverton Place, scheduled as a Medieval Domestic House, which is a late C16 house possibly on the site of an earlier building claimed as site of castle in C16. Spurgeon gives a convincing rejection of this as a site of a castle although the earlier building was 'variously termed a court (1295, 1307), a messuage (1314, 1349) or a manor house (1492)'

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Nothing visible remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SS98256833

Sources of information, references and further reading

Books

King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p173
Davis, Paul R., 1983, Castles of Glamorgan (Alun Books) p47
Merrick, R., 1983, Morganiae Archaiographia: A book of the Antiquities of Glamorganshire p76, 99
RCAHMW, 1981, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Vol4 pt1: The Greater Houses (London: HMSO) No7 p126-33 [later house only]
Hague, D.B., 1971, in Pugh, T.B. (ed), Glamorgan County History Vol3 The Middle Ages (Cardiff) p438 [as Tudor house]
Evans, C.J.O., 1943 (2edn), Glamorgan, Its History and Topography (Cardiff)
Corbett, J.S., 1925, Glamorgan: Papaers and Notes on the Lordship and its Members (Cardiff) p184-213
Lhuyd, E., 1909-11, Parochialia, being a Summary of Answers to 'Parochial Queries' issued by Edward Lhuyd pts 1-3 (London: R H Morris) p129
Matthews, J.H. (ed), 1898-1911, Cardiff Records, Materials for a History of the County Borough Vol3 p276

Journal Articles

Spurgeon, C.J. with Roberts, D.J. and Thomas, H.J., 1999, 'Supposed Castles in Glamorgan; A review' Archaeology in Wales Vol39 27-40

Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)

Morganwg, I, 13089 E, 188 and 13129 A, 531(Iolo Morganwg papers, National Library of Wales)

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*The listed building may no be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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