Candleston Castle

Candleston Castle is a 14th.c. fortified manor house, in ruins since the nineteenth century ⁄4 miles (1.2 km) southwest of Merthyr Mawr, former Glamorgan, Wales, and just ⁄4 miles (1.2 km) northwest of Ogmore Castle, separated by the River Ogmore. Candleston's original long and narrow rectangular structure lay across the western end of a low narrow promontory, suggesting a defensive position. The castle is named after the Norman family of Cantilupe, its first feudal tenants. Candleston's elevated position was just sufficient to save it from burial under the coastal sands which started to encroach over the site and its lands shortly after its original establishment. The nearby castle and settlement of Kenfig suffered this fate, having...