St Donat's Castle

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! St Donat's Castle is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, overlooking the Bristol Channel in the village of St Donat's near Llantwit Major, and about 25km west of Cardiff. Since 1962 the castle has housed the international Sixth form college Atlantic College. The castle lies on a promontory with precipitous sea cliffs on the west. An inner court about 40m across within a polygonal inner curtain wall is closely surrounded by an outer court and curtain wall with a dry moat facing the eastern approach. The outer wall mostly survives and has a small original tower entirely contained with it on the north, and a square gatehouse on the east. The inner court is entered by an arch on the east side beside the rectangular Mansell Tower. The curtain walls date from c.1300, having been built by the first Stradling (or perhaps by his widow's second husband. The western part of the inner curtain wall is gone, making room for the early 16th century north-western and western ranges; the north-eastern range is of the late 15th century; the late 15th century Great Hall is on the south of the court.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 162g
• ISBN-13: 9786130566821
• ISBN-10: 6130566824
• Artikelnr.: 29753385