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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Sully History Sully (Sili) is a place where the countryside meets the sea located between Penarth and Barry on the south Wales coastline. I grew up in the village of Sully, living on a housing estate between Cog Road and South Road built as part of the housing expansion of the 1980s/90s. A mix of farmers
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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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Marcross – Marcroes is a very small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It consists of a public house – The Horseshoe Inn – and a few scattered houses, farms, and a small Medieval church in the centre of the village. Marcross lies close to the Glamorgan Heritage Coastline and Nash Point Lighthouse
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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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Where is St Athan? St Athan – Saint Tathan is a village located between the towns of Barry and Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan. It was once known as Llandathan in records beginning as early as 1291 with the local church dating to the 13th/14th century. It is annexed to the small village
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Where is Fontygary? Fontygary – Ffont-y-gari, is a village linked to the west of Rhoose. It is 3 miles south-west of Barry and set along the Glamorgan Heritage Coastline. The origin of the name is uncertain but in 1587 it was documented as “Fundygary”. It is set in a landscape with earthwork traces of prehistoric
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St Donats, Where is it? St Donats – Saint Dunwyd is a village located just west of Llantwit Major. It is named after the 6th-century saint, Dunwyd, a friend of Saint Cadoc. The village is known for its 12th century castle which is now home to Atlantic College (an international boarding school) and Arts Centre.
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