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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]
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.
Margam was an ancient Welsh community, formerly part of the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, initially dominated by Margam Abbey, a wealthy house of the Cistercians founded in 1147. . (Margam is believed to have played a significant role in the early transmission of the work of St. Bernard of Clair
Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres (3.4 km 2). It is situated in Margam , about 2 miles (3 km) from Port Talbot in south Wales . It was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and is now owned and administered by the local council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council .
In 1942 he acquired the Margam estate, [4] including the castle, the ruins of former monastic buildings attached to Margam Abbey, the orangery and about 850 acres of land. [5] Felin Newydd, a country house near Brecon, purchased as a shooting lodge, became a family home, and was converted to a hotel by his grandson Huw in the 2000s. [6]
See more images Margam Abbey Chapter House Margam SS8019786264 51°33′45″N 3°43′47″W / 51.562509293815°N 3.72972384304°W / 51.562509293815; -3.72972384304 (Margam Abbey Chapter House) 12 November 1952 Ruin Located in a central position in the gardens at Margam Park, to the NE of the orangery. 14149 See more images Margam Abbey Undercroft Margam SS8019086230 51°33 ...
Portrait of Sir Robert Mansell Portrait of Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel by Michael Dahl Thomas Mansel, 2nd Baron Mansel with his Blackwood half-brothers and sister by Allan Ramsay Margam Castle, built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot in 1830 Oxwich Castle, built by Sir Rice Mansel Penrice Castle, a 13th-century castle that passed to the Mansel family in 1410 St Donat's Castle, given to ...
Margam Castle is a Grade I listed building owned by Neath and Port Talbot County Borough council. [ 9 ] Talbot encouraged his relations William Fox Talbot and John Talbot Dillwyn Llewellyn in the development of photography and was himself a Fellow of the Royal Society .