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Llantwit Major beach has one of the finest sites in Wales for Jurassic fossils, including corals, giant brachiopods, gastropods and the bones of Ichthyosaurus.
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* The Cor Tewdws ( College of Theodosius ), Llantwit Major ( Wales ), is supposedly burned down by Irish pirates.
He went to three different high schools: the Baarns Lyceum in Baarn from 1979 to 1981, the Eerste Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum in The Hague from 1981 to 1983, and the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales near Llantwit Major ( 1983 to 1985 ), where the prince had friends, and from where he received his International Baccalaureate.
In City of Revelation ( 1973 ) British author John Michell theorised that Whiteleaved Oak is the centre of a circular alignment he called the “ Circle of Perpetual Choirs ” and is equidistant from Glastonbury, Stonehenge, Goring-on-Thames and Llantwit Major.
The Bristol Channel from Llantwit Major near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan | Barry on the Glamorgan coast
As well as Cardiff, the county included the main towns of Barry, Cowbridge, Llantwit Major and Penarth.
Llantwit Major ( -- llan church enclosure + Illtud + mawr great ) is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast.
The town centre of Llantwit Major lies about southeast of the centre of Bridgend, west of the centre of Barry, and about miles south-west of the centre of the Welsh capital of Cardiff which lies further to the east beyond Barry.
Llantwit Major has been occupied for over 3000 years and archeological evidence has shown it was occupied in Neolithic times.
The town centre of Llantwit Major lies about from the centre of Bridgend, 10 miles from the centre of Barry and about from the centre of Cardiff which lies further to the east.
Llantwit Major is a popular surfing location in Wales, attracting a number of surfers all year round but particularly during the summer.
Llantwit Major is a small town which is largely dependent on local retail and earnings from further afield.
Llantwit Major has considerable renown in South Wales as a surfing location, although it is much less known than Porthcawl further down the coast.
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The steep cliffs at Llantwit which allow walks along the coast to St Donat's Castle and Atlantic College have undergone dramatic erosion in recent years with the result that, in many places, the rock structure has collapsed in piles, particularly on the eastern face.
This is located in the centre of Llantwit War Memorial (), between the Old Swan and the White Hart and has a Celtic cross.
He has been the deputy leader of the Conservative Party in Wales since 1999, and he enjoys surfing and can often be found in the sea at Porthcawl or Llantwit Major.
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Immediately adjacent is Llanilltud Fawr primary school, one of four primary schools in Llantwit, the others being Eagleswell primary school, Ysgol Dewi Sant and St. Illtyd's primary school.
The Llantwit Major Rugby Football Club, which played its first match against Cowbridge Rugby Football Club in 1889, fields two senior, one youth ( U / 19 ) and eight mini / junior teams, and plays in Division Four of the Welsh Rugby Union leagues.
However his monastery, reputed to contain hundreds of monks, was one of the most influential in South Wales, and many churches in Wales are dedicated to him around St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major, which stands on what is believed to have been the site of the monastery.
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File: Llantwit Major Beach Bristol Channel. jpg | South Wales Coastline overlooking the Bristol Channel at Llantwit Major
St Donat's Castle is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, overlooking the Bristol Channel in the village of St Donat's near Llantwit Major, and about 25 km west of Cardiff.
The Vale of Glamorgan Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom, running through the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales, from Cardiff to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose and Llantwit Major.
Llantwit Major railway station is a railway station serving the small town of Llantwit Major, South Wales.
It is located approximately halfway between Cardiff Central and Swansea at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line, and is the western terminus of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff via Barry and Llantwit Major.
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Vann was fined over £ 1, 000 for being involved in a scuffle in central Llantwit on a Sunday which led him to take on the Sey family and seek his revenge.
* Pat Mountain ( 1976 -), goalkeeping coach for Wolverhampton Wanderers F. C., grew up in Llantwit Major
There is still to be seen in Llantwit Major a cross, probably of the ninth century, bearing the inscription: SAMSON POSUIT HANC CRUCEM PRO ANIMA EIUS ILITET SAMSON REGIS SAMUEL ERISAR-" Samson placed his Cross here for his soul, for the soul of Illtud, Samson, Rhain, Sawyl and Ebisar ".
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