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Contents of Dinefwr Park Section
Dinefwr Park is integral to the town of Llandeilo and intrinsically linked to its history. The text and images in this conservation plan have been kindly provided by the National Trust.
- SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION
- UNDERSTANDING (part 1)
- METHODOLOGY
- GEOLOGY
- TOPOGRAPHY
- PREHISTORY AND ROMAN OCCUPATION
- EARLY MEDIEVAL DINEFWR AND THE LEGACY OF THE LORD RHYS
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF DINEFWR CASTLE
- TONS AND TREES – THE MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPE
- THE ADVENT OF THE RHYS FAMILY
- CONSOLIDATION AND ACQUISITION
- THE RESTORATION LANDSCAPE - AVENUES AND FORMALITY
- THE NATURALISTIC, THE PICTURESQUE AND ‘CAPABILITY’ BROWN
- UNDERSTANDING (part 2)
- ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
- VULNERABILITY
- PHYSICAL CONDITION – PARK LANDSCAPE
- PHYSICAL CONDITION – DINEFWR CASTLE
- PHYSICAL CONDITION – PARK BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
- PHYSICAL CONDITION – BURIED ARCHAEOLOGY
- NEWTON HOUSE AND GARDEN
- BUILDINGS
- HABITATS AND ECOLOGY
- CATTLE AND DEER
- CULTURAL IDENTITY
- OWNERSHIP
- SETTING
- CURRENT AND PROPOSED USE
- EXTERNAL FACTORS
- ALTERATIONS
- PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS
- GAPS IN OUR UNDERSTANDING
- POLICIES
- STATEMENT OF INTENT
- GENERAL POLICIES
- TO RESTORE LAYOUT OF 18TH CENTURY PARK
- TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN DINEFWR CASTLE
- TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PARK BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
- TO MAINTIAN THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF NEWTON HOUSE AND ITS SETTING
- TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF HOME FARM AND PEN PARC
- TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND INSTIGATE AN APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT REGIME
- TO CONSERVE AND ENHANCE NATURE CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE
- TO CONSERVE THE DINEFWR HERD OF WHITE PARK CATTLE
- TO CONSERVE THE FALLOW DEER HERD
- TO INSTATE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL REGIME THAT DOES NOT THREATEN THE ARCHAEOLOGY, ECOLOGY OR DESIGNED LANDSCAPE
- TO ALLOCATE AND IMPLEMENT A SUSTAINABLE USE FOR ALL BUILDINGS
- TO ENSURE THAT COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES ARE MANAGED COMMENSURATE WITH NATIONAL TRUST AND CYMAL STANDARDS, AND THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY MATERIAL IS FULFILLED
- TO PROVIDE AS MUCH PHYSICAL ACCESS AS IS COMPATIBLE WITH CONSERVATION, HEALTHAND SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- TO IMPROVE INTERPRETATION AND LEARNING AS A MEANS OF EXPLAINING SIGNIFICANCE AND ENHANCING VISITOR ENJOYMENT
- TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN AND SUPPORT FOR THE PROPERTY
- TO CONTINUE THE LONG ESTABLISHED ACQUISITION POLICY
- TO DISSEMINATE THE DATA AMASSED THROUGH THE SURVEYS UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE CONSERVATION PLAN AND ALSO THOSE PLANNED AS PART OF THE RESTORATION OF THE PARK
- TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE WILDLIFE TRUST SOUTH AND WEST WALES AND CADW TO ENSURE THAT THE PARK IS MANAGED AS A SINGLE UNIT
- TO PLAN, MANAGE AND MONITOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE DINEFWR PROJECT ACORDING TO HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND CONDITIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Please note that all text and images on the above pages are copyright of the National Trust, and reproduced by kind permission.
Other relevant links
- The Dynevors
- Places to visit - Dinefwr Castle
- Places to visit - Dinefwr Park and Newton House
- Trees of Dinefwr Park
- Llandyfeisant Church
