This app along with the Dunraven Castle and Frolic apps of this series are now integrated into a single app available on the App Store called the Glamorgan Heritage Coast AR app. This app will be available until the end of October.
Use your smartphone or tablet to see the stories of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast come to life with the first of three Augmented Reality apps.
Simply launch the app then point your device’s camera at the trigger point at Dunraven Bay. Watch an Iron Age hill fort appear on the landscape overlooking the bay. Listen to an audio description and take a look inside an Iron Age roundhouse.
The Iron Age hill fort at Dunraven Bay dates from around 500 BC and is one of many promontory forts along the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. Without a direct water source it is thought it was more likely to be a trading post than a defensive settlement. Spanning all of the Witches Point peninsular, the settlement will have been well placed to see and attract visitors from all directions.
Look for the Glamorgan Heritage Coast beer mats in local pubs and use the app to hold a round- house in the palm of your hand.
How to use the App:
• Follow the signs and find the trigger posts among the castle ruins on the hill above the car park at Dunraven Bay.
• Launch the app and point it at the trigger image.
• Watch the hill fort appear on the landscape and listen to the audio description.
• Point your device at the second trigger image.
• See the roundhouse appear on the image, click on its roof to see inside.