Where is Llantwit Major? Llantwit Major – Llanilltud Fawr is a small town set along the Glamorgan Heritage Coastline. It has a rocky beach and a historic urban centre to explore. The town is first recorded in Welsh literature as Caer-Worgorn, with ‘Caer’ suggesting a fortified post-roman settlement. Records show evidence of Roman buildings and […]
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Blaenavon Overview Blaenavon – Blaenafon is a small town at the top of the Afan Llwyd Valley in Torfaen, Wales. The town is set in a raw industrial landscape that inspired the writer Alexander Cordell and antiquarian Sir Richard Colt Hoare. Parts of the town and surrounding countryside form the ‘Blaenavon Industrial Landscape’. Blaenavon Industrial Lanscape
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History of Dinas Powys Dinas Powys – Dinas Powis is a small town between Cardiff and Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. The core of the town was designated a conservation area in 1971. It is a town I visited often in my teenage years to meet with friends, unknowingly exploring its history on long
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Where is St Brides Major? St Brides Major – Sant-y-Brid is a village, near to Southerndown along the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. The area is known for its limestone quarrying. Over time these quarries have produced prehistoric fossilised remains from thousands of years ago. There are various findspots of prehistoric material and within the local landscape
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History of Llanmaes Llan-maes – Llanfaes is a small village near Llantwit Major. Llanmaes has a long history of settlement. In 2003 a hoard of metal objects found locally pointed to settlement dating from the Bronze Age through to the Roman period. The site consisted of a complex of prehistoric timber roundhouses some dating from
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Caer Dynnaf Hillfort, St Quentin’s Castle and more.. includes walks and up to date visitor information.
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Easy to read summary of recent archaeological excavations at Five Mile Lane in Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Roman Cold Knap, Barry Castle and more including walks and up to date visitor information.
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Where is Southerndown? Southerndown is a small village on the coast between Ogmore-By-Sea and Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Southerndown Coast is a site of special scientific interest (SSSI). Much of the coastline is designated for both for it’s geology and botanic value. A stretch of shore, cliff, cliff-top, and several short
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Where is St Nicholas? St. Nicholas – Sain Nicolas is a small village near Wenvoe in the Vale of Glamorgan. How the village got its name is unclear, but it may well be after Saint Nicholas, the saint who was born in a former Greek area of southern Turkey. The same Saint Nicholas was known
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