Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Dunraven Castle, the seat of the Earl of Dunraven, in Glamorgan, on the coast, 5 miles S by W of Bridgend. It belonged formerly to the Wyndhams, and previously to the Butlers and the Vaughans. It is partly a modern structure, and it occupies a romantic site on a rocky promontory, about 100 feet high, between two deep bays. An earlier but now-extinct pile in its vicinity, called Dindryfan or Dundryvan, is traditionally said to have been the seat of Caradoc or Caractacus and several Welsh princes.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• South Wales Echo