Celtic Recipes

Castell Cynffig (Castle Kenfig). Little is left of the original twelfth century Norman site, but later rebuilding has left the remains of a stone keep, square tower and thick walls. It is located about five miles north west of Porthcawl, on a small road southwest off the B4283 and in the northeast corner of Kenfig Nature Reserve. The castle was built by Robert Earl of Gloucester. It was sacked by the Welsh of several occasions in the twelfth and thirteenth century and again in the fourteenth.

This circular Norman castle was built at the beginning of the twelfth century and the remains include towers, curtain wall, hall and an impressive gateway. It is located northeast from Merthyr Mawr and off the A4063 by the River Ogmore in Bridgend.

Castell Ogwyr (Ogmore Castle) is an oval shaped Norman castle constructed around 1115 with further fourteenth century additions and is on the site of a previous wood and earth structure. The remains include a stone curtain wall, fireplace, parts of the first floor, west wall, gatehouse, roundtower and close by a vaulted cellar. The site is located northwest of the village of Ogmore-by-Sea on of the B4524 on the east bank of the River Ogmore and south bank of the River Ewenny about two and a half miles southwest of Bridgend.

Dating back to the twelfth century the majority of the remains are thirteenth (such as the inner and outer gateway) with considerable additions made in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This site has been in continuous use since the Iron Age. With a history of occupation extending back to the late-13th century, the castle is among the oldest continuously inhabited castles in Wales.  Contraversial atlerations were made to the castle after it was purchased  in 1925 by William Randolph Hearst. It was sold in 1960 after his death and subsequently donated to the trustees of Atlantic College and is home to over three hundred international students. It is located off the B4265 to the west of Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr, Bro Morgannwg, Cymru).