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January 5, 2023
Hiking
Along with the ruins of the stone structure, Ogmore castle's earliest defensive features of banks and ditches are still clearly visible, including the deep ditch around the inner ward, designed to fill with sea water at high tide.
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July 16, 2025
Mountain biking
Unusually, the later additions have not obscured the castle’s earliest defensive features, with the banks and ditches built at Ogmore’s birth still clearly visible. Another original feature is the deep ditch around the inner ward, designed to fill with sea water at high tide.
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Location: St. Bride'S Major, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom