Llantwit Major (Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr -- 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 is governed by the Llantwit Major town council consisting of fifteen councillors. It also comes under the administration of the Vale of Glamorgan unitary authority. Llantwit Major is twinned with Le Pouliguen, France.
Notable buildings in the pari...
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Llantwit Major (Welsh: Llanilltud Fawr -- 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 is governed by the Llantwit Major town council consisting of fifteen councillors. It also comes under the administration of the Vale of Glamorgan unitary authority. Llantwit Major is twinned with Le Pouliguen, France.
Notable buildings in the parish include a Roman villa at Caermead which remains as faint earthworks in a field, the 13th century parish church of St Illtyd and a 15th century town hall. The once mint (coin) for the town is now an attractive (once thatched) 15th century public house, called the Old Swan Inn, in the center of the town. Also, at Hill Head, near St. Illtud's Church, lies a 13th century dovecote next to the site of the old tythe barn built for the monks at the, once St. Illtud's, monastery. Another site on Hill Head is the (13th century) gatehouse, now...
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