Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
East Boundary Wall of St Donats Castle
St. Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 January 2005
- Locality
- St Donats Castle
- Town
- Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
- Community
- St. Donats
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.40332, -3.52793
- Cadw reference
- 83480
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Running from the north drive of St Donat's Castle past the east drive and to the corner of the east deer-park.
History
Probably mostly C18 and C19 but some of it is on the line of C16 walls, parts of which may be included in the present structure.
Exterior
This wall is in two sections divided by the main east gate. It stretches from near the north gate to the East Lodge and from the east gate to the corner on the Llantwit Major road where it turns south on the perimeter of the eastern deer-park. Built of roughly coursed local lias limestone about 2.25m in height, some parts with a Victorian cock-and-hen coping. Some evidence of rebuilding and repair.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest and group value as a part of St. Donat's Castle and its associated gardens.
Nearby in the register
- Top Lodge to St Donats Castle, including attached garden wallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Art Department of Atlantic CollegeEducationunder 1 mi
- Staff House in north-east corner of the Entrance Forecourt at St Donats CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
- North Lodge to St Donats CastleDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.