Stackpole

The Stackpole Estate was one of several grand country seats belonging to the Scottish Cawdor family. Their main residence was Cawdor Castle at Nairn. Stackpole came into their possession when Sir Alexander Campbell, eldest son of the Lord of Cawdor, married Elizabeth Lort, heiress to the Stackpole Estate. It was a later Lord Cawdor of Castlemartin who led the attack on the 1,200 French troops that had invaded Fishguard in 1797. This event, The Last Invasion of Britain, is commemorated by a 100ft long tapestry on display at Fishguard Town Hall.

Most of the Stackpole Estate was requisitioned in the war to create a training ground for troops. Merrion camp still occupies this land. Unfortunately, this made the estate unviable and The Cawdors left to return to their Scottish estates. Crippling taxes on the empty mansion meant it was demolished in 1963, leaving only the outbuildings and the parkland that includes Bosherston Lily Ponds.