What is recorded here

Cwrt-yr-Ala, Michaelston- Le-Pit is a fortified house recorded for the Medieval period in the Vale of Glamorgan. Its name and location suggest a defended domestic place rather than a distant castle, perhaps built to protect people, property and local authority when trust depended on walls. The house may have been loud, busy and dangerous in ordinary ways, with chambers, kitchens, guard rooms and arguments under one roof.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Cwrt-yr-Ala, Michaelston- Le-Pit as Fortified House from the Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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