St Donats

Not to be confused with Welsh 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]

St Donats Welsh: Sain Dunwyd
St Donats village
St Donats Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
Population	732 (2011)[1]
Principal area	Vale of Glamorgan
Preserved county	South Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Llantwit Major
Postcode district	CF61
Dialling code	01446
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Vale of Glamorgan
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Vale of Glamorgan
List of places UK Wales Vale of Glamorgan 51.4057°N 3.5306°W / 51.4057; -3.5306

St Donat's church, dedicated to St Dunwyd, 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 primarily 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 the United World Colleges. Within the castle grounds lies St Donats Arts Centre.

Sea views from the castle

References

1. "Community population 2011". Retrieved 10 April 2015.
2. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
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.

External links

Media related to St Donats at Wikimedia Commons