Tinkinswood, Barry

Name: Tinkinswood
Address: Barry, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Barry

Top attraction, Memorial

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Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic burial chamber, built around 6,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period, in the Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°27'5"N, 3°18'28"W

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Tinkinswood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dyffryn Gardens, St Lythans burial chamber, Coedarhydyglyn, Peterston-super-Ely.

0.6 miSE
Park, Garden
Dyffryn Gardens, Cardiff
16 min walk • Dyffryn Gardens is a collection of botanical gardens located near the villages of Dyffryn and St. Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The gardens were selected by the British Tourist Authority as one of the Top 100 gardens in the UK and are in the care of the National Trust.
0.8 miSE
Memorial
St Lythans burial chamber, Cardiff
22 min walk • The St Lythans burial chamber is a single stone megalithic dolmen, built around 4,000 BC as part of a chambered long barrow, during the mid Neolithic period, in what is now known as the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
1.4 miNE
Park
Coedarhydyglyn, Cardiff
35 min walk • Coedarhydyglyn or Coedriglan, formerly Old Coedarhydyglyn, is a private Grade I listed neo-classical regency villa and estate on the western rim of Cardiff, less than half a mile from Culverhouse Cross, southeast Wales.
1.5 miNE
Village
Peterston-super-Ely
39 min walk • Peterston-super-Ely is a village and community situated on the River Ely in the county borough of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 874.