Scheduled Monuments in the Vale of Glamorgan
Version 1.0 18 June 2008
Community Name Easting Northing
St. Georges Super Ely St-y-Nyll Round Barrow 310078 178295
St. Nicholas & Bonvilston Coed-y-Cwm Chambered Cairn 308119 173807
St. Nicholas & Bonvilston Coed-y-Cwm Ringwork 308275 173671
St. Nicholas & Bonvilston Cottrell Castle Mound 308090 174506
St. Nicholas & Bonvilston Cottrell Ringwork 308481 174719
St. Nicholas & Bonvilston Doghill Moated Site, Dyffryn 309260 171959
St. Nicholas & Bonvilston Tinkinswood Burial Chamber 309259 173288
St. Nicholas & Bonvilston Y Gaer 306349 174744
Wenvoe Greave Round Barrow 312496 173226
Wenvoe Roman Site 340m SE of Whitton Crossroads 308124 171328
Wenvoe St Lythans Burial Chamber 310087 172299
Amelia Trust Farm
Amelia Farm Open Hours
The Amelia Trust Farm is open daily from dawn until dusk, 365 days a year.
http://www.ameliatrust.org.uk/
Cottrell Castle
aka St Nicholas 2
near Cottrell, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales
ST 081 745
ST 081 745
Laurie Oliver tells us that this castle is found in Cottrell Park, now a golf club, and "is almost lost amongst the new tumps and bumps of the landscaped golf course". Mike Salter describes the site as "commanding mound rising 2.5m to a summit 19m in diameter".
Cottrell Park
Cottrell Park's history spans from Medieval times to its recent occupation by Mackintosh of Mackintosh, chief of the Clan Chattan and Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, who made his Welsh seat a centre of lavish entertainment and social gatherings. Cottrell’s name was derived from the family who held the Medieval Manor of Trehill.
Several families who played notable parts in the History of Glamorgan and Great Britain resided at Cottrell, namely the Merrick's, the Button's and the Tyler's. The most notable of the Merrick Family was the 16th Century genealogist and antiquarian Rice Merrick, who held the Lordship of Cottrell and Clerk of the Peace for Glamorgan. He was a celebrated topographer and author of the "Glamorganshire Antiquities (1578)".
The Cottrell Estate passed to the Button family through the marriage of Sir Thomas Button to Barbara, daughter and heiress of Rice Meyrick. Between 1557 and 1727, the Button Family provided Glamorgan with several High Sheriffs. Miles Button was captured by the Parliamentarians at the Battle of St Fagans during the Civil War. However, the most illustrious member of the family was Admiral Sir Thomas Button, naval explorer, famous for charting the Northwest American coast and the Hudson Straits, where Button Island is named after him.
Upon the death of Emilia Button, Cottrell passed to her spouse, Reverend Samuel Gwinnett, curate of St Nicholas. Their son, Button Gwinnett, was one of the fifty-six men who assembled at Philadelphia in 1776 to sign the Declaration of Independence, thus becoming one of America’s immortals. Through inheritance the Estate passed to the Tyler Family. Maritime traditions continued with Admiral Sir Charles Tyler who commanded one of Nelson’s flag ships at Trafalgar. Other notable members of the family include Read-Admiral Sir George Tyler, who was Governor of St Vincent from 1833 to 1846 and Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Tyler MP, who served in the Crimean War.
The final chapter in the Cottrell’s succession of different family ownerships, was the marriage of the Tyler heiress to Edward Priest Richards of Roath, Cardiff, whose daughter in turn married Mackintosh of Mackintosh. The Park’s long unbroken sequence of distinguished occupation ended with the death of Mackintosh in 1938. Like many of its kind, the Park and its impressive House were acquired for utilitarian use during World War II.
In true Manor House tradition, it is recorded that The Cottrell had a ghost. Emelia Gwinnett, who was bequeathed the Estate by her brother Reverend Samuel Gwinnett, ‘Willed’ the estate to Lord Clarendon. In her attempt to accomplish this deed, she is said to have burnt her brother’s Will and destroyed the Manor Book that contained all the chronicles and records of the Manor. For this wicked act, her unhappy spirit was said to haunt the room in which the Will was burned.
The Cottrell Estate was purchased in 1942 by the present owners, William Powell & Sons. Prior to the construction of the Golf Course, the land was used for agricultural purposes. The original Manor House was demolished in the 1972, being unfit for habitation, but three properties remain on the site and have been renovated for staff accommodation.
http://www.cottrell-park.co.uk/
Cottrell Park Standing Stone
Country: Wales County: South Glamorgan Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cardiff Nearest Village: St Nicholas
Map Ref: ST081742
Latitude: 51.459289N Longitude: 3.324164W
Condition: 4 Ambience: 3 Access: 2 Accuracy: no data
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Cottrell Park Standing Stone submitted by templar
Cottrell Park Standing Stone is a weathered slab of stone situated by the side of the A48. The stone is situated near the edge of a field close to a boggy patch of ground. The stone is 2.3m tall, 2.9m long and 0.6m wide.
The stone is situated almost directly opposite the entrance to Cottrell Park (restaurant & golf course) but is not visible from the road. It is just to the east of a patch of boggy ground. The stone is in good condition but lies behind barbed wire in no-man's land between the field edge and the A48. A reference on Coflein states that the stone was removed from its previous location by the entrance of Cottrell Park in 1935, however an 1885 map shows a standing stone in a similar location, so it wasn't moved far.
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Cottrell Wood
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Dyffryn House and Gardens
Grade One listed gardens of Dyffryn House, of Edwardian garden design.
The historic House and Gardens allow visitors to experience an extraordinary range of designs including Italianate influences at its Pomperian Garden, to the rockery, fountains, formal lawns, glass house, a pretty rose garden, and an extensive Arboretum featuring trees from all over the world. Dyffryn is truly a garden for all seasons.
Parts of the house are currently being restored to their original splendour, with plans to open them to the public later in 2012. Dyffryn House and Gardens is to be leased to the National Trust in 2012.
However, until then, Dyffryn continues to be managed by Vale of Glamorgan Council, and National Trust membership cards are therefore not yet valid at Dyffryn Gardens.
Visit the Vale of Glamorgan Council's website to find out more about Dyffryn Gardens, including details of forthcoming events.
http://www.dyffryngardens.org.uk/
St Lythans Burial Chamber
St Lythans is a type of monument known as a chambered long cairn and was originally covered by an earthen mound, probably similar to that found at its close neighbour, Tinkinswood. Although the stone chamber is conspicuous as you approach it from the road, the remains of the cairn – or mound – are barely discernible. It seems to have been about 24 metres (80 feet) long and 11 metres (35 feet) wide with the chamber occupying the eastern end. The chamber now consists of three upright stones with a capstone weighing up to 35 tonnes. How long it was used and who was buried here are questions that remain unanswered but finds of human remains and pottery recovered from the site some time before 1875 were recorded by the antiquarian, J. W. Lukis.
St. Lythan’s burial chamber, like Tinkinswood, is known as a Cotswold-Severn style tomb. It dates back some 6000 years to a time when farming was introduced and when people learned how to grow and produce, rather than hunt and gather their food. This period is widely regarded as one of the biggest changes in human history. But perhaps most significantly of all, these communities began to build tombs like the one at St Lythan’s. The chamber now consists of three upright stones with a capstone weighing up to 35 tonnes. How the capstone was raised, how long it was used and who was buried here are questions that remain unanswered since the site is unexcavated.
St Nicholas Castle
aka St Nicholas Gaer, Cottrell Ringwork
near Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales
ST 084 747
ST 084 747
St Nicholas is a fine, large raised ringwork surrounded by a ditch, with a causeway across the south side. The outline of a rectangular bailey is found to the south (Salter).
St. Nicholas Church
ST. NICHOLAS, St. Nicholas (1859-1861) ST. NICHOLAS
groundplan created by PRICHARD (JOHN) & SEDDON (JOHN POLLARD)
An example of a substantial parish church of C11 or earlier
origin. In "Notes on Churches of Llandaff" Rev. C.A.H. Green
notes that this church was valued at £10 in 1254. The church comprises:
chancel, nave, West tower, South porch and South chapel. Heavily restored and extensively modified by Messrs. Parry, contractors of
Llandaff from designs bynand under the supervision of Messrs. Prichard and
Seddon, architects of Cardiff. The restoration was completed in 1860
St. Nicholas - Church of St. Nicholas - Cory family Chest Tomb
Early C20 chest tomb in grey Quarella stone in the High Gothic Revival style. Tomb houses
the remains of John and Anna Cory and other members of their family who were well
known industrialists that resided at Dyffryn House. The central panel is inscribed with the
Cory coat of arms and the words "Virtu Sempre Viridis". The tomb has adjacent access to
the crypt. Of importance because of the family connections with St Nicholas.
21.02.06
St Nichol
Tinkinswood Burial Chamber
Impressive Neolithic burial chamber of the so-called 'Cotswold-Severn' type. The capstone weighs around 40 tons and is one of the largest in Britain.
Excavation at the impressive Neolithic remains of Tinkinswood burial chamber originally took place in 1914, conducted by John Ward who was then the Keeper of Archaeology at the National Museum of Wales. The remains of 50 people were originally found inside the chamber: men, women and children. The monument is aligned length-ways towards the rising sun to the east and the curve of the forecourt may suggest that it was built to catch and hold the rays of the morning sun. There are large patches of rock exposed on the approach to Tinkinswood in an area known as ‘The Quarry’ – perhaps the source of the capstone used at Tinkinswood – the largest in Wales and a colossal 40 tonnes.
http://tinkinswoodarchaeology.wordpress.com/
Trehill Presbyterian Chapel
Chapel. Originally built as a Calvinistic Methodist church, founded in 1739 to 1740 by
Howell Harris. Now a Presbyterian Church of Wales.
Built as a Calvinistic Methodist church, now Presbyterian Church of Wales.
TREHILL 1870 is shown in black lettering on a white background above the central window.
Wenvoe transmitting station
The Wenvoe transmitting station is a facility for broadcasting and telecommunications. It comprises a 248-metre (814 ft) guyed mast with antennas attached at various heights. The mast (with extension completed February 2008) plus the Main UHF antenna on top now gives a structure height of 260.7 metres (855 ft). The average height above sea level is 392 metres for the television antennas. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.The site was previously the home of the Wenvoe/St Lythans Down Airfield (X0CW) which closed prior to 1932.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenvoe_transmitting_station
Wenvoe Upper Orchid Field
Once known as the Sledging Field, this meadow is now a Community Nature reserve with over 300 species of flowers, grasses, insects and birds. It is managed as a traditional meadow with an annual mowing to encourage the sort of wildflowers that are fast disappearing from our landscape.
The 5 acre field is surrounded by hedgerows and woodland and there are fine views from the higher points across the valley. On a clear day you can see Penarth and beyond that England across the Bristol Channel. There are several benches around the field, some in the sun, others in shade.
Mature trees enclose the site including Oak and Sweet Chestnut. A public right of way runs through the bottom of the meadow but you can follow any of the paths that meander around the field. An information sign near the entrance shows the different routes you can take.
In Winter look out for Ravens, Buzzards and Wood-peckers with Bulfinches patrolling the hedgerows.
The bright red berries of Black Bryony still trail over the shrubs whilst rabbits and moles are in evidence.
With Spring comes masses of yellow – Primroses and Cowslips carpet the field.
From late Spring to early Autumn you can see 7 different species of Orchid but the best time is June when the field is covered in several thousand Common Spotted Orchids.
Unusual plants include Herb Paris and the Spiked Star of Bethlehem. Shrews and Field Voles will be lurking in the undergrowth and Slowworms are common. Ringlet butterflies are on the field and Holly Blues on the hedges.
Summer also sees a profusion of insects from small ladybirds and froghoppers through lacewings and scorpion flies to the larger burying beetles.
The Elephant Hawk Moth enjoys the big clumps of Rosebay Willowherb. Hoverflies roam around the Brambles and pose on Fleabane.To find out more about insects and to get ideas on building homes for them visit Insectopia at the top of the field.
The Upper Orchid Field is a meadow owned by the Vale of Glamorgan Council and managed by the Wenvoe Wildlife Group. If you need more information or would like to help with conservation, contact us at bruce7@btinternet.com
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