Newcastle Castle - Lucky 7 - Bridgend, Wales.
N 51° 30.534 W 003° 34.992
30U E 459526 N 5706580
The Castle of Newcastle is the anchor point for this Lucky 7, with all waymarks within 0.1 miles, scoring a Tally of 14. The castle is strategically placed on a high bluff above the Ogmore valley to guard the river crossing below, in Bridgend, Wales
Waymark Code: WMPHC4
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/01/2015
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Newcastle Castle, on Newcastle Hill, overlooking the town centre of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales, was initially constructed in 1106 by William de Londres, one of the legendary Twelve Knights of Glamorgan, as part of the Norman invasion of Wales.
It is one of three castles built by the Normans in the area at the time, the others being Coity Castle and Ogmore Castle.
The Castles of Wales web site has great photos, and an extract from their text is shown below: (
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"The castles of Newcastle, Ogmore, and Coity were established at the western limit of the early Norman penetration into south Wales, and were built to consolidate the Norman's hold on the area. Newcastle is strategically placed on a high bluff above the Ogmore valley to guard the river crossing below. The original castle, first mentioned in 1106, marked the western limit of Robert Fitzhamon's conquests. It is thought to have been an earthwork castle of ringwork type, and its location is unknown. It could have been on the site of the present castle, in which case its palisade may have underlain the later stone curtain wall. The round corner stone building, the foundations of which are visible in the south-east corner of the interior, could date from this initial phase, and might have been a keep. Rebuilding in stone probably took place during an unsettled phase in the 1180s, when the king himself, Henry II, held the castle. The layout and style of stonework are of this period, and the fact that it was in royal hands would explain its superior quality." Text Source: (
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