Located in Bridgend in Wales on the top of a hill in a residential area is the castle Newcastle. This castle was built to guard one of the river crossings, which controlled the Vale of Glamorgan. There was an original wooden and earthwork castle on this spot, but the replacement ruins that can be seen today date from the 1180s. Henry II constructed the castle. The doorway is a good example of Norman construction, and the castle was built with high quality stonework. It is open to visit, but there's not much that remains to be seen today.
The castle would have had two stone rings around it. The castle was never used as a residence, which is what some of the other castles in the area became, so it became abandoned.
St. Illtyd's Church is located next to the castle and just outside the main stone wall that surrounds the site. I spotted a couple of gargoyles on the tower, snapped a photograph, and walked back to the car.
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