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East Orchard Castle

ruined manor house near St Athan
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Summary

East Orchard Castle is a manor house[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: St Athan[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: fortified manor house[5]
  • Location: St Athan[6]
  • Commons category: East Orchard Castle[7]
  • Inception: 1399[8]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1756[9]
  • OS grid reference: ST0290268063[10]
  • Coordinate location: 51.403124, -3.3977307[11], 51.403047, -3.3974408[12]
  • Heritage designation: Grade II listed building[13], scheduled monument[14], National Monuments of Wales[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 20.4 m[16]
  • Historic county: Glamorgan[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . coflein.gov.uk. coflein.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11bzs5mdhs
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1756-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Short name → East Orchard
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