History
Stackpole and the Cawdors
Stackpole Court in 1859
How did a family with its roots in the Scottish Highlands come to create a magical landscape in furthest Pembrokeshire? Discover what's left of the Cawdor family's dream today, and what we're doing to rediscover it.
5,000 years of Stackpole
Man has been leaving his mark on Stackpole for the last 5,000 years. There's so much to discover in this ancient landscape.
Did you know...?
Stackpole Court in 1758
- Stackpole Court was besieged during the English Civil War
- Sir John Campbell set out from here to defeat the last French invasion in 1797
- Admiral Nelson stayed here with Emma Hamilton in 1803
- King Edward VII stayed here in 1902
- Stackpole Court was demolished in 1963
War and decline
Castlemartin Range was once part of the Cawdor estate, but was requisitioned by the MoD in 1939 to form Castlemartin Range. This was the start of the economic decline of the estate, which ended with its sale in 1976.
The grave of Little Bogie
Clearing laurel in Lodge Park, we found a small gravestone inscribed 'To the memory of Little Bogie, December 8 1879'. This is a memorial to a family dog, who died late in the same year as the death of Ronald Campbell.
The Zulu War: death of Captain Ronald Campbell
The death of Captain Ronald Campbell in the Zulu War
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Look in Stackpole Cheriton Church for the memorial to Captain the Honourable Ronald Campbell of the Coldstream Guards, who died in the Zulu War in March 1879. Captain Campbell was the second son of the second Earl of Cawdor, and ADC to Sir Evelyn Wood, VC. He died heroically charging a cave defended by Zulus on the side of Hlobane Mountain during a desperate assault in the third month of the war. The battle of Hlobane took place two months after the famous battle of Rorke's Drift, which featured in the film Zulu.