Photo Gallery (Click on any image to start a slideshow, or use arrows on either side of each photo to move from one image to the next.)
Aug 2000. First ownership sign goes up.
Jan 2001. Rampant cherry laurel around the Motte.
Jul 2001. Attempted bracken control by aerial spraying.
Oct 2001. Removal of cherry laurel from Motte.
Dec 2001. Removal of cherry laurel from Motte.
Jun 2002. Official opening of Coed Craig Ruperra.
Jun 2002. Construction of the car park.
Jul 2002. Archaeological ground resistivity survey of the Motte.
Sep 2003. Fire on the Motte.
Sep 2003. Fire on the Motte.
Oct 2003. Castle Drive entrance.
Feb 2004. More cherry laurel removal.
Feb 2004. Path up to the Motte and newly installed ‘Ramblers Bench’.
Mar 2004. Aerial view of the Motte.
Mar 2004. A chilly spell!
Jul 2004. Soay sheep were introduced onto the Motte to help with vegetation control.
Jul 2004. Unfortunately they just stuck to the paths and ate grass!
Jul 2005. Young archaeologists helping to expose the Lower Summerhouse floor.
Oct 2005. Iolo Williams advising some of the volunteers.
Jul 2006. Ruperra summer fayre.
Jul 2006. Phil putting finishing touches to the pizza oven at the summer fayre.
Aug 2006. Sunday volunteers on their lunch break.
Sept 2006. A good crop of berries on the dreaded cherry laurel.
Sept 2006. The berries are eaten by badgers, and the stones dispersed in their poo.
Nov 2006. Construction of the main pond.
Nov 2006. Pond liner going in.
Nov 2006. Finished pond starting to fill.
Apr 2007. Aerial view of car park and main track.
Apr 2007. Aerial view of the car park.
Apr 2007. New planting alongside the main track.
Sept 2007. Happy volunteers!
Oct 2007. Dormouse training.
Feb 2008. Royal Navy delivering the arbour components.
Feb 2008. Parts being lowered onto the Motte.
Feb 2008. Building the arbour.
Feb 2008. The full construction team.
Feb 2008. Phil’s in charge!
Feb 2008. The finished result.
Jan 2009. A frosty day at Ruperra.
Feb 2009. The pond in early spring.
Jul 2009. Installation of the metal gate by the public car park.
Oct 2009. Instructing a volunteer group prior to tacking more cherry laurel.
May 2010. Senior Management.
Jul 2010. Volunteers clearing the heather patch.
Nov 2010. King of all he surveys.
Feb 2011. Collecting birch brash for making hurdles.
Mar 2013. Work improving the daffodil path.
Jun 2014. The new Echotech ‘Tart’ brushcutter.
Mar 2015. Inaccessible timber being extracted by horse.
Apr 2016. Aerial view of Coed Craig Ruperra from the north.
Apr 2016. Lunch break on the conifer track.
Mar 2018. Laid hedgerow on the main track.
May 2018. Approach to Motte in late spring.
Mar 2019. A harvester felling final area of conifers.
Mar 2019. Felled wood awaiting collection by forwarder.
Mar 2019. Forwarder with collected timber.
Mar. 2019. Stacked timber awaiting collection at Spout Cottage.
May 2019. Aerial photo showing area of final conifer plantation removal.
Mar 2025. Regenerating native scrub alongside conifer path.
Apr 2025. Ruperra Castle.