Editing Llantwit Major (section)

===Norman and early modern eras===
The college suffered during the invasions of the [[Saxons]] and the [[Danes]], and was destroyed by the [[Vikings]] in 987 and again by the [[Normans]] in the late 11th century.<ref name="Jones2002"/><ref name="PalmerPalmer2000">{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Martin|last2=Palmer|first2=Nigel|title=The spiritual traveler: England, Scotland, Wales : the guide to sacred sites and pilgrim routes in Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ApJdpga6_LsC&pg=PA232|year=2000|publisher=Hidden Spring|isbn=978-1-58768-002-1|page=232}}</ref> In 1111 it is documented as being restored, but likely in a lesser state than the original. It is known to have continued to function as a monastic school until the 16th-century [[Reformation]]. The ruins of the original school house are located in a garden on the northern end of the churchyard and the monastic halls were located in a place called Hill-head on the north side of the [[Tithe barns in Europe|tithe-barn]].<ref name="Hall1861"/> Although nothing of the original monastery remains, the present church was originally built between 950 and 1400 and its earliest existing secular buildings date from the 15th century.<ref name="LMH"/> The church and school became the property of [[Tewkesbury Abbey]] around 1130 after becoming part of the Norman kingdom of Glamorgan.

After the [[dissolution of the monasteries]] by [[Henry VIII]] during the Reformation, it became independent from Tewkesbury in 1539.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.illtudsgalileechapel.org.uk/2011/04/spring-lecture-history-recalled-at-st-illtuds/|title=St Illtud's Galilee Chapel, St Illtud's Church, Llantwit Major|publisher=Illtuds Galilee Chapel|access-date=22 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107113456/http://www.illtudsgalileechapel.org.uk/2011/04/spring-lecture-history-recalled-at-st-illtuds/|archive-date=7 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[St Donat's Castle]], {{convert|1+1/2|mi}} to the west, was built in the 13th century.<ref name="Murray1860" /><ref name="Fry2005">{{cite book|author=Plantagenet Somerset Fry|title=Castles: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland : the Definitive Guide to the Most Impressive Buildings and Intriguing Sites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5C-PawQ0tjcC&pg=PA205|year=2005|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=978-0-7153-2212-3|page=205}}</ref>