Ceremonial County South Glamorgan
South Glamorgan is a preserved county of Wales. It was originally formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a county council area. It consisted of the county borough of Cardiff along with the southern part of the administrative county of Glamorgan, and also the parish of St Mellons from Monmouthshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region with 445,000 residents
- Description: preserved county of Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “De Morgannwg” and “South Glamorgan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tinkinswood and St Lythans Burial Chamber.
Tinkinswood
Archaeological site
Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic burial chamber, built around 4000 BC, during the Neolithic period, in the Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales.
St Lythans Burial Chamber
Archaeological site
Photo: Daicaregos, Public domain.
The St Lythans burial chamber is a single stone megalithic dolmen, built around 4000 BC as part of a chambered long barrow, during the mid Neolithic period, in what is now known as the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Dyffryn Gardens
Park
Dyffryn Gardens, also spelt Duffryn Gardens, is a collection of botanical gardens located near the villages of Dyffryn and St. Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barry and Ely.
Barry
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barry is a town in Glamorgan in South Wales. Barry has 'twinning agreements' with Fecamp in France, Mouscron in Belgium and Rheinfelden in Germany via the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
Ely
Suburb
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ely is a district and community in Cardiff, Wales. It is to the north of Cowbridge Road West. Caerau defines the boundary to the south as does the River Ely to the east and in part to the north. Ely is situated 3½ miles northeast of Ceremonial County South Glamorgan.
Llancarfan
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning. Llancarfan is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ceremonial County South Glamorgan.
Ceremonial County South Glamorgan
- Categories: preserved county of Wales and former administrative territorial entity
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Ceremonial County South Glamorgan” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Qlamorqan”
- Breton: “De Morgannwg”
- Catalan: “South Glamorgan”
- Chinese: “Lâm Glamorgan Kūn”
- Chinese: “南格拉摩根郡”
- Dutch: “South Glamorgan”
- French: “South Glamorgan”
- German: “South Glamorgan”
- Hebrew: “דרום גלמורגן”
- Hebrew: “סאות גלמורגן”
- Hebrew: “סאות‘ גלמורגן”
- Hebrew: “סאות’ גלמורגן”
- Irish: “De Morgannwg”
- Italian: “South Glamorgan”
- Japanese: “サウス・グラモーガン”
- Korean: “사우스글러모건”
- Korean: “사우스글러모건주”
- Latvian: “Dienvidglamorgana”
- Manx: “De Morgannwg”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Glamorgan Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “South Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South Glamorgan”
- Norwegian: “South Glamorgan”
- Persian: “گلامورگن جنوبی”
- Portuguese: “South Glamorgan”
- Russian: “Саут-Гламорган”
- Swedish: “South Glamorgan”
- Turkish: “South Glamorgan”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Гламорган”
- Urdu: “جنوبی گلامورگن”
- Urdu: “جنوبی گلومورگن”
- Venetian: “South Glamorgan”
- Welsh: “De Morgannwg”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dyffryn and Saint Nicholas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coed y Cwm and Cythrel Castle.
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