Hughs Castle, Llandeilo Talybont

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Tal y Bont; Castell Du; Castle Hu; Banc y Rhyfel; Talybonet in Gower

In the community of Grovesend.
In the historic county of Glamorgan (Modern authority of Swansea, preserved county of West Glamorgan).

A ditched, flat-topped mound, c.32-5m in diameter, the counterscarp of which extends to enclose an irregular area, c.50m E-W by 40m, to the S, where buildings have been observed on APs. Erosion to the motte revealed it to have been based on a natural mound. Castle captured by Rhys ap Gruffydd in 1215 and may be castle recorded as taken by welsh in 1116.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SN58680267

Sources of information, references and further reading

Books

Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p111
RCAHMW, 1991, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Vol3 pt1a: The Early Castles (London: HMSO) MO6 p64-6
Salter, Mike, 1991, The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower (Malvern) p72
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p165, 171
Davis, Paul R., 1983, Castles of Glamorgan (Alun Books) p46
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p362
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Hague, D.B., 1971, in Pugh, T.B. (ed), Glamorgan County History Vol3 The Middle Ages (Cardiff) p442
Grenfell, Harold E. and Morris, Bernard, 1970 (Revised 1985) The Castles of Gower (Merthyr Tydfil) p2
Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p298
Morgan, W. Ll., 1899, Antiquarian Survey of East Gower (London) p5-8

Journal Articles

Spurgeon, C.J. and Thomas, H.J.,1980, 'Talybont Castle, Llandeilo Talybont', Archaeology in Wales Vol20 p42
Spurgeon, C.J. and Thomas, H.J., 1978, 'Medieval Glamorgan' Morgannwg Vol22 p18-19
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp90-121

Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)

Ward, A., 1972, M4 Survey [Carmarthen Museum] p3

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