- Penmark
infobox UK place
latitude= 51.416667
longitude= -3.35
country= Wales
official_name= Penmark
welsh_name= Pen-marc
unitary_wales=Vale of Glamorgan
lieutenancy_wales=South Glamorgan
constituency_westminster=
Vale of Glamorgan
post_town= PENMARK
postcode_area=
postcode_district=
dial_code= 01446
os_grid_reference=
population=Penmark ( _cy. Pen-marc) is a narrow
rural village south-west of Barry nearRhoose in theVale of Glamorgan , inSouth Wales . The village is aparish and has aparish church and apub , the Six Bells.Penmark is located near the
international airport forWales ,Cardiff International Airport .Penmark Castle
The village has the remains of a
13th century castle . Overlooking the 30m deep ravine of theRiver Waycock north of the local church are the remains of a 13th century wall 1m thick around a court 65m long by 47m wide with a more thinly walled16th century outer court to the west. Themoat has been filled in but there are extensive footings on the east side of the court and on the west side are overgrown ruins of a tower 7m indiameter with arectangular latrineturret to the south and various other structures. Gilbertde Umfraville had a timbermotte and bailey castle on this site in the12th century . In the time of Edward IIOliver de St John obtained the castle when he marriedElizabeth Umfraville , the young heiress. [citebook|title=The Hidden Places Of Wales |author= Joanna Billing|year=2003|publisher=Travel Publishing Ltd|url= http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN190443407X&id=o8NCt_7hltwC&pg=RA30-PA16&lpg=RA30-PA16&ots=u64EMpsHFp&dq=Penmark+wales&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=kgC0qmfnF-c_XjLCYeIMeZwVgqk|id=ISBN 190443407X]References
External links
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3436187 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Penmark and surrounding area]
* [http://www.penmark.org/ www.penmark.org : Penmark community website]
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