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The Margam estate was occupied in the Iron Age, and the remains of a hill fort from that period, Mynydd-y-Castell, stands north of the castle. [1] After the Norman Invasion of Wales, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Lord of Glamorgan, granted the lands at Margam to Clairvaux Abbey, for the establishment of a new Cistercian monastery which became Margam Abbey. [2]
Margam Castle, Port Talbot. Don’t mind the slamming doors and hurling objects at Margam Castle, its probably just the ghost (Getty Images)
Brislington, once an attractive Somerset village but now a neighbourhood in Bristol, is reputed to have many ghosts. [4] Chillingham Castle, a medieval castle in Chillingham, Northumberland. [5] Dartmouth, Devon, ancient maritime town has many ghost stories. [6]
St Mary's Church is the site of his grave. The castle site was built over between 1876 and 1897 and its foundations now lie underneath the streets around the church. There have been reports of a ghost, a white lady seen floating above the castle ruins. The ghost is speculated to be Jane de Afan, the last occupant of Aberavon Castle. [citation ...
Image credits: Mlm525k If you are really committed to believing in the validity of these photos as evidence of ghosts, more power to you, but you should probably stop reading now.
This picture in question, which depicts a group of girls who worked in a linen factory and was taken more than 100 years ago, resurfaced online after a woman named Lynda sent it in to the website ...
Also known as Cryke Chapel and dated to 1470, this grange of nearby Margam Abbey (GM005) is on the hillside of Craig-y-capel. The gable-ends, with window tracery are the principle survivals, and provided a gothic landmark and viewpoint for the 19th-century parkland of Margam Castle. There was a burial ground and a holy well known as Ffynnon Mair.
Following the death of her brother, Theodore, in 1876, [1] Emily - known locally as "Miss Talbot" throughout her life - became the heiress to her father's fortune and his estates at Margam and Penrice, which she inherited on his death in 1890. [2] [3] She was largely responsible for creating a port and railway system to attract business to Port ...