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==== Dove cote and gatehouse==== Covered by a [[Cloister vault|domical vault]],<ref name="Association1903">{{cite book|author=Cambrian Archaeological Association|title=Archaeologia cambrensis|url=https://archive.org/details/archaeologiacam07assogoog|access-date=25 January 2012|edition=Public domain|year=1903|publisher=W. Pickering|pages=[https://archive.org/details/archaeologiacam07assogoog/page/n850 322]β}}</ref> the Dove Cote ({{Coord|51.406414|-3.48913|type:landmark}}) is a Grade II* listed tall 13th-century cylindrical column in a middle of the Hill Head field, which lies in close proximity to St Illtuds Church, next to the site of the old tithe barn, built for the monks at the St. Illtud's monastery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/307122/sites/LLANTWIT+MAJOR%2C+GRANGE/|title=Llantwit Major Grange; Associated Sites|work=Coflein|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|access-date=29 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-13253-dovecote-llantwit-major|title=Dovecot, Llantwit Major|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> Another site on Hill Head is the (13thβ14th century) [[gatehouse]], now belonging to [[St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major]]. Today these are the only remaining buildings which at one time belonged to Tewkesbury Abbey.<ref name="LMLHS-Buildings"/> There is a plaque on the gatehouse, telling of its history.
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