Dyffryn
Dyffryn, often Duffryn, is a village in the communities of Wenvoe and St Nicholas and Bonvilston, in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It is located 4.8 miles north of the town centre of Barry, roughly 1 mile west of St Lythans and 2 miles south of St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Also known as: “Duffryn” and “Dyffryn, Vale of Glamorgan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dyffryn Gardens and St Lythans Burial Chamber.
Dyffryn Gardens
Park
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Lythans and Moulton.
St Lythans
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Lythans is a hamlet and former parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just outside western Cardiff. It lies southwest of Culverhouse Cross, west of Wenvoe and southwest of Twyn-yr-Odyn and is also connected by road from Dyffryn and the Five Mile Lane in the west.
Moulton
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moulton is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeastern Wales. It lies off the A4226 road on the road, northwest of Barry and east of Llancarfan. The landmark of note is the Three Horse Shoes pub and restaurant which attracts visitors from all across the Vale of Glamorgan. Moulton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Dyffryn.
Colcot
Suburb
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colcot is a northern district of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, in the Dyfan ward of South Wales. Dyfan ward is situated in the north west of Barry and its most northern edge is on the green belt of the town. Colcot is situated 1½ miles southeast of Dyffryn.
Dyffryn
- Category: locality
- Location: Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.43936° or 51° 26′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.30441° or 3° 18′ 16″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C3RCMQW+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 9939887198OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dyffryn”. Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.