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Barry Castle is a medieval domestic structure located in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The site comprises the remains of a fortified manor house that dates primarily to the late medieval period, likely constructed during the fifteenth or sixteenth century. The castle represents an important example of the transition from purely military fortification to the more residential character of late medieval Welsh gentry dwellings. Though now fragmentary, the surviving stonework and archaeological evidence indicate a substantial stone-built structure that would have served as the residence of a considerable local family during the medieval and early post-medieval periods.
Barry Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM135. View the official record →
Barry Castle is a medieval domestic structure located in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM135.
Barry Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a manor. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Barry Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is GM135.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knap Roman Site (0.7 km), Westward Corner Round Barrow (1 km), Site of Medieval Mill & Mill Leat Cliffwood (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Barry Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barry Castle stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.