What is recorded here
Old Castle Upon Alun (2) is a Post Medieval house in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The national record still marks the spot, though no grand tower or dramatic battle claims the name. It may have been a sturdy local home, occupied by people whose names vanished long before the surveyors arrived. The castle label sounds like pride or mistake, but the house remained real in the landscape.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Old Castle Upon Alun (2) as House from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Old Castle Upon Alun (2) is a Post Medieval house, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. Its inclusion in the National Monuments Record of Wales highlights its archaeological or historical interest at a local level.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Pont-Brown Clapper Bridge, Castle-Upon-AlunClapper Bridge · 399 yd
Croes GwtaDwelling · 798 yd
Coed y WallasWood · 954 yd
Llampha Court, Garden EarthworksGarden Terrace · 1462 yd
St Brides Major War MemorialWar Memorial · 1.0 mi
Dunraven Park Walled Garden; Dunraven Castle Walled GardenWalled Garden · 1.8 mi
Dunraven BayBeach / strand · 2.0 mi
Ogmore CastleCastle · 2.3 mi
Meadow and woodland next to the Ogmore RiverForest or wood · 2.3 mi
The Ewenny River and Ogmore CastleCastle, fort or tower · 2.4 mi
Nolton Art GalleryGallery · 3.0 mi
Pedestrian Bridge and footpath over the Ogmore - BridgendHeritage place · 3.0 mi