Candleston Castle
Bridgend, Wales
Candleston Castle is a fortified manor house in Bridgend, Wales. Little or nothing of it survives today. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Ogmore Castle, 0.7 mi away.
Candleston Castle at a glance
Type
Fortified manor house
Condition
Demolished
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Grade II* listed building
Nearest castle
Ogmore Castle
0.7 mi away
About Candleston Castle
Candleston Castle (historically sometimes Candlestone Castle) is a 14th-century fortified manor house, in ruins since the 19th century. It is 0.75 miles (1.2 km) southwest of Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales, now Bridgend County Borough and just 0.75 miles (1.2 km) northwest of Ogmore Castle, separated by the River Ogmore.
From the Wikipedia article on Candleston Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Candleston Castle sits at 51.4829, -3.6268 in Bridgend. The closest other castles are Ogmore Castle (0.7 mi), Newcastle Castle (2.6 mi) and Dunraven Castle (2.9 mi). Bridgend has 5 castles in all.
