St Donats

St Donats (Welsh: Sain Dunwyd) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales, located just west of the small town of Llantwit Major. The community includes the village of Marcross and the hamlets of Monknash and East and West Monkton. It is named after the 6th-century saint, Dunwyd, a friend of Saint Cadoc. It had a population of 732 in 2011. [2]

Not to be confused with Welsh St Donats near Cowbridge

St Donats

St.Donat’s village
St Donats
Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
Population732 (2011)[1]
Principal area
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLlantwit Major
Postcode districtCF61
Dialling code01446
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

St Donat's church lies in a depression and is unremarkable from the exterior but contains Stradling family monuments in the Stradling chapel. It is a 12th-century Grade I listed building [3] with a Grade I listed medieval cross in the churchyard.[4]

St Donat's Castle, now occupied by Atlantic College

The village is internationally known as the location of the 12th century St Donat's Castle which is now an international boarding school occupied by Atlantic College, the first of seventeen United World Colleges. Within the castle grounds lies St Donat's Arts Centre.

Sea views from the castle

References
  1. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000670
  3. "Church of St Donat, St Donats". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. "Medieval Cross and associated Slab in the Churchyard of the Church of St Donat, St Donats". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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