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Latitude: 51.3885 / 51°23'18"N
Longitude: -3.447 / 3°26'49"W
OS Eastings: 299413
OS Northings: 166486
OS Grid: SS994664
Mapcode National: GBR HK.RRPX
Mapcode Global: VH6FN.6CLF
Plus Code: 9C3R9HQ3+96
Entry Name: Summerhouse Fort
Listing Date: 16 December 2004
Last Amended: 16 December 2004
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 83401
Building Class: Miscellaneous
ID on this website: 300083401
Location: On the cliffs in the far south-easterly corner of Llantwit Major Community set in the centre of Summerhouse Camp.
County: Vale of Glamorgan
Town: Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
Community: Llantwit Major (Llanilltud Fawr)
Community: Llantwit Major
Locality: Boverton
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Fort
Part of a picturesque concept of a toy fort to be used as a summerhouse, look-out and picnic place on the top of the cliffs. It is built in the middle of the Iron Age cliff castle of Summerhouse Camp and dates probably from the period of 1780-1820 when such conceits were popular. During WWII it was apparently used as a site for a defensive point of some kind. The early history of the fort is unknown.
Built of local limestone rubble in the form of a octagonal curtain wall about 2m in height, with corner towers at least one of which on the north side seems to have been a privy. The finished design of both walls and towers is uncertain since they are both damaged and much covered in ivy but there appear to be small battlements in the form of a cock-and-hen parapet in parts. On the east side a small barn-like building is incorporated into the curtain. This is unroofed and featureless apart from a doorway but it has a WWII gun-loop on the north corner.
Included for its special interest as a picturesque folly dating from about 1800.
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