Dunraven Castle - On the Edge of Wales

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Dunraven consists of a garden surrounded by stone walls, the remains of the manor house and a splendid gatehouse. It is situated on the amazing cliffs of Dunraven and offers a wonderful day of exploration and walking.
Filmed: July 2020
Music: Vindsvept, fantasy music - • Orchestral Music - Vin...
---- Short History ----
- The first fortification is said to have been built by Arnold le Boteler (Butler) in the mid-12th century.
- It was a castellated manor house owned by the Vaughan family from the 16th century.
- In 1642 the house was sold to the Wyndham family.
- Thomas Wyndham (MP) rebuilt the manor house as a castellated hunting lodge in 1802-1806. It was designed by his wife.
- Their daughter Caroline began remodelling the building in 1858.
- The house was used as a military hospital in both world wars.
- It was used as a guest house afterwards.
- Eventually costs rose and it needed to be sold. The local council denied its development and so it was stripped of anything of value.
- It was demolished in 1963.
- The surviving garden and gatehouse are part of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast.
---- Further Reading ----
- hellohistoria.blogspot.com/20...
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunrave...
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[@JohnSmith-lf3om]

The coastal line in the area is amazing

[@overlandaf_adventures472]

Great video with the perfect music choice. Fits perfectly

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Thank you 👍🏻

[@R118GSiVVC]

What a great shame it was lost!

[@TheyHadADay]

It is a shame

[@grego8700]

Looks a good place.

[@TheyHadADay]

Thank you. It’s a lovely place

[@MilkyGemini]

Beautiful. You captured it well 👍🏻😊

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Thank you 🙏

[@cathyate]

Beautiful castle 😍😍😍

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Thank you 👍🏻

[@unowhotravelchannel]

Great great drone flying over Dunraven Castle, the beach there too is lovely! Filmed Dr Who there I believe👍

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Thank you 🙏

[@WhereIsNabu]

wow ! cant believe so much was stripped and demolished!

[@TheyHadADay]

Yep. It’s crazy. It was all stripped and demolished

[@TravellerBanker]

lovely

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Thank you

[@puddingcook1]

legend has it that it was lent to the council as a art school that was not successful, so it was empty for a while with the council still charging the owner rates, so one weekend he blew it up and all the wreckage dropped into the three story cellars. Please correct if i am wrong!

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Well I have not heard that story. It may be true but your the first to say it.

[@juliegaw3800]

waw

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👍🏻

[@pabbsways]

Lovely video, I love castles, specially ruins, there is some magic in those:)

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We have plenty more to come 👍🏻

[@PioturNo]

Beautiful drone footage 👌

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Thank you. We have plenty more to come.