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Castellnewydd / Bridgend
The remains of a castle on Newcastle Hill (imho one of the nicest streets in Bridgend, if not the nicest) are being looked after by CADW, there are no tickets but the gate is shut at 5.00pm. And it's closed on weekends, which doesn't seem very reasonable from potential tourist's point of view. Considering amount of empty bottles, the castle is a favourite place for local youth to have a good time.
There's not much of a castle left, but its remains can still give a general knowledge of how it looked in the past. And it has a great location, on the top of the hill, overlooking Bridgend. Recently the council decided to expose the castle and St. Illtyd's church a bit more by cutting surrounding trees out; which I supposed was a good idea. Take a look up on your way to small Tesco.. :)
The Newcastle Hill street is well worth to visit. Apart from lovely old cottages there's St. Illtyd's church and two old graveyards (one of them located opposite to the church in a little square behind the bushes).
more info: freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waggy/newcastle....
Castellnewydd / Bridgend
The remains of a castle on Newcastle Hill (imho one of the nicest streets in Bridgend, if not the nicest) are being looked after by CADW, there are no tickets but the gate is shut at 5.00pm. And it's closed on weekends, which doesn't seem very reasonable from potential tourist's point of view. Considering amount of empty bottles, the castle is a favourite place for local youth to have a good time.
There's not much of a castle left, but its remains can still give a general knowledge of how it looked in the past. And it has a great location, on the top of the hill, overlooking Bridgend. Recently the council decided to expose the castle and St. Illtyd's church a bit more by cutting surrounding trees out; which I supposed was a good idea. Take a look up on your way to small Tesco.. :)
The Newcastle Hill street is well worth to visit. Apart from lovely old cottages there's St. Illtyd's church and two old graveyards (one of them located opposite to the church in a little square behind the bushes).
more info: freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waggy/newcastle....