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St George's Castle; Castle Farm, St Georges

Fortified House
St George's Castle; Castle Farm, St Georges
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St George's Castle stands in the Vale of Glamorgan as a medieval fortified house, its stones still carrying the weight of centuries. The name suggests a banner flown above ordinary walls, perhaps belonging to a family proud enough to claim a dragon-slayer. Castle Farm may have begun as a defensive seat before becoming a working household, where martial pride softened into daily life. The transition from castle to farm is common elsewhere, but the retained name preserves the earlier ambition.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records St George's Castle; Castle Farm, St Georges 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.
St George's Castle was likely built in the late medieval period, possibly by a local gentry family, and is remembered as a fortified house reflecting the defensive architecture of the time in Wales.

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