Coity Higher

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Population 6,078 (2011) Community Coity Higher Country Wales Dialling code 01656 Post town Bridgend County Borough		OS grid reference SS923814 Principal area Bridgend Sovereign state United Kingdom Ceremonial county Mid Glamorgan UK parliament constituency Bridgend

Coity Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It contains the north western suburbs of Bridgend which includes the villages of Litchard and Coity. The southern boundary of the community adjoins the community of Brackla, while the northern border is defined by the M4 motorway. Notable buildings and landmarks within the community include Coity Castle, Parc Prison, the 14th century Church of St Mary, Pendre Hospital, Ty Mawr house and a burial chamber. At the 2001 census, the community's population was 835, being re-measured at 6,078 t the 2011 Census.

Map of Coity Higher, UK

Scheduled Monuments

There are six Scheduled Monuments in the Coity Higher Community:-

Coity Burial Chamber

A Chambered tomb, (Location: 51.5262°N 3.5482°W / 51.5262; -3.5482 (Coity Burial Chamber) SS926819.) The ruins of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with four large stone slabs.

Pant-y-Pyllau Enclosure

A Prehistoric Earthwork. (Location: 51.5306°N 3.5478°W / 51.5306; -3.5478 (Pant-y-Pyllau Enclosure) SS927824). A banked enclosure with external ditches. Parts have been destroyed by farm buildings and tracks.

Coity Castle

A property in the care of Cadw (Location: 51.5221°N 3.5534°W / 51.5221; -3.5534 (Coity Castle), SS923814). A circular castle with 3-storey keep. It had fallen into ruin by the 18th century.

Derwen Moated Site

(Location: 51.5304°N 3.5666°W / 51.5304; -3.5666 (Derwen Moated Site) SS914824). A medieval moat, possibly in the former parkland of Coity Castle, with no visible trace of habitation.

Angleton Iron Works

An Industrial monument (Location: 51.5263°N 3.5809°W / 51.5263; -3.5809 (Angleton Iron Works) SS904820). Built by Robert Sydney in 1589, it was the only pre-1700 ironworks in Glamorgan. Sandstone slabs are the standing remains, part buried by the railway embankment.

Cefn Hirgoed Rabbit Warren

(Location: 51.534°N 3.5642°W / 51.534; -3.5642 (Three Pillow Mounds on Cefn Hirgoed), SS916828), On the boundary with St Bride's Minor community, the three pillow mounds are from a medieval warren built to house rabbits. They are now alongside the M4, near Sarn Park Services.

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Coity Higher Wikipedia

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Map of Coity Higher, UK

Scheduled Monuments

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