Sully Island
Sully Island is an archaeological site in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Sully Island is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover The Spinney Holiday Park, as well as near Island View Caravan Park.Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Vale of Glamorgan
- Also known as: “Danish Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sully Island and Lavernock Battery.
Sully Island
Island
Photo: ben salter, CC BY 2.0.
Sully Island is a small tidal island of 14.5 acres by the hamlet of Swanbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located 400 m off the northern coast of the Bristol Channel, midway between the towns of Penarth and Barry and 10 km south of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
Lavernock Battery
Fort
Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lavernock Battery was built at Lavernock Point, Wales on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission during the late 1860s to protect the ports of the Severn Estuary. Lavernock Battery is situated 1 mile northeast of Sully Island.
Glamorganshire Golf Club
Golf course
Glamorganshire Golf Club is located in Lower Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, 7.3 miles south west from the capital city of Cardiff and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Wales. Glamorganshire Golf Club is situated 2 miles north of Sully Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sully and Cog.
Sully
Photo: ben salter, CC BY 2.0.
Sully is a village in the community of Sully and Lavernock, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the northern coast of the Bristol Channel, midway between the towns of Penarth and Barry and 7 miles southwest of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
Lavernock
Hamlet
Photo: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0.
Lavernock is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast 7 miles south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel.
Sully Island
- Categories: promontory fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3957° or 51° 23′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.19598° or 3° 11′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3R9RW3+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1767513142OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q20599192
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In Other Languages
“Sully Island” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Bryngaer Ynys Sili”
- Welsh: “Ynys Sili”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Spinney Holiday Park and Island View Caravan Park.
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