Parkmill
Parkmill is a village in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles west of Swansea, and about one mile from the north coast of the Bristol Channel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Wales
- Also known as: “Melin y Parc”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pennard Castle and Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.
Pennard Castle
Castle
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales.
Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pennard and Ilston.
Pennard
Village
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennard is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea.
Ilston
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ilston is a village and community in Swansea, southwest Wales. Ilston has its own community council.
Southgate
Village
Southgate is a village in the community of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004, making up most of the population of the community.
Parkmill
- Category: locality
- Location: Ilston, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.58297° or 51° 34′ 59″ northLongitude
-4.09797° or 4° 5′ 53″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C3QHWM2+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 4880310925OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Parkmill” goes by many names.
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