St Mary the Virgin Church
St Mary the Virgin Church is a deconsecrated and ruined church in the parish of Caerau with Ely, Cardiff, Wales. It was built in the 13th century on a Roman encampment and closed for the last time in 1973.Photo: Rbj39, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: church in Caerau, Cardiff, Wales
- Also known as: “Eglwys y Santes Fair”, “St Mary the Virgin Church, Caerau, Cardiff”, “St Mary’s Church”, and “St Mary’s Church, Caerau”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caerau Hillfort and Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau.
Caerau Hillfort
Archaeological site
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caerau Hillfort is a large triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort, built on a previously occupied Neolithic site, occupying the western tip of an extensive ridge-top plateau in the western suburbs of Caerau and Ely, Cardiff, Wales. Caerau Hillfort is situated 550 feet west of St Mary the Virgin Church.
Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau
School
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau is a school, which is situated 2,000 feet northwest of St Mary the Virgin Church.
Pencaerau Primary school
School
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pencaerau Primary school is situated 2,800 feet northwest of St Mary the Virgin Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ely and Twyn-yr-Odyn.
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.
Twyn-yr-Odyn
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twyn-yr-Odyn is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just beyond the territorial border of western Cardiff. It lies just southwest of Culverhouse Cross, very close to Wenvoe and St Lythans.
Michaelston-le-Pit
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Michaelston-le-Pit is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, just to the west of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is part of the Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith community. Michaelston-le-Pit is situated 1½ miles southeast of St Mary the Virgin Church.
St Mary the Virgin Church
- Categories: church, building, and historic site
- Location: Caerau, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4678° or 51° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.24661° or 3° 14′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3RFQ93+49OpenStreetMap ID
way 87245452OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7594664
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“St Mary the Virgin Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه مريم العذراء”
- Welsh: “Eglwys y Santes Fair”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hill fort and Caerau Wood.
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