Candleston Castle (historically sometimes Candlestone Castle) is a 14th-century fortified manor house, in ruins since the 19th century. It is southwest of Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, Wales, now Bridgend County Borough and just northwest of Ogmore Castle, separated by the River Ogmore. Candleston's original long and narrow rectangular structure lay across the western end of a low narrow promontory, suggesting a defensive position. The castle is believed to be named after the Norman family of Cantilupe, thought to be its first feudal tenants.
Geography
The ruins of Candleston, which had been part of a medieval settlement, stand on the Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes, They are east of Porthcawl off of Swansea Bay. It was Tregantlow in Welsh, Tref or Tre meaning town.
Candleston Castle, a fortified manor, was built in the 14th century. An enclosure, in the shape of a D, surrounded the structure. The late-medieval manor may have been constructed on the site of a previous building, based upon the presence of remnants of an earlier wall.