Candleston Castle is a 14th.c. fortified manor house, in ruins since the nineteenth century 3⁄4 miles (1.2 km) southwest of Merthyr Mawr, former Glamorgan, Wales, and just 3⁄4 miles (1.2 km) 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 named after the Norman family of Cantilupe, its first feudal tenants.
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