Joining Instructions
Joining Instructions
Date: Saturday 14th June 2025
Start Time: Arrive by 10.15am with a view to starting at 10.30am
Meeting: Outside the cafe at Dyffryn House and Gardens, Duffryn Ln, St Nicholas, Wenvoe, Cardiff CF5 6FZ
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Ending up with drinks at The Red Lion in Bonvilston
What to expect on this walk?
If you are the sort of person who describes Stonehenge as “a bit modern” then this is the history walk for you. Taking aside the splendid Victorian mansion at Dyffryn where our walk begins, most of the places we will visit are firmly planted in the BCE date range. They range from the neolithic to the Iron Age. Sites of pagan spirituality, legends, folklore and even a tenuous link to King Arthur. The only downside is that there are no pubs in St Nicholas (I will be able to give a historical explanation why). So after our walk we will need to debunk a few miles down the road to Bonvilston to pick apart all that we will have discovered.
History topics discussed
Neolithic people and monuments
Long Cairns, barrows and tumuli
The English settlers in 12th Century Glamorgan
The Cory family
Places we visit
The grounds of Dyffryn House & Gardens (We will not be going in)
Tinkinswood Burial Chamber
St Nicholas
St Lythans
Route Information
Parking: Car park at Dyffryn House, Duffryn Ln, St Nicholas, Wenvoe, Cardiff CF5 6FZ
Distance: 6.32 miles
Elevation: 460 feet
Walking time: 4 hours
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