St Lythans
St Lythans is a reservoir in Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. St Lythans is situated nearby to the hamlet Twyn-yr-Odyn, as well as near the neighborhood Culverhouse Cross.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
St Fagans National Museum of History
Park
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people.
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.
Caerau
Suburb
Photo: Welshleprechaun, Public domain.
Caerau is a community in the west of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. Often considered part of Wenvoe by gully, Heol Trelai is the main road or avenue, lined with large trees.
St Lythans
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4582° or 51° 27′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.2791° or 3° 16′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C3RFP5C+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 1229266411OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=reservoir_covered
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