Penllyn, Vale of Glamorgan explained

Coordinates:51.4752°N -3.4801°W
Country:Wales
Official Name:Penllyn
Welsh Name:Pen-llin
Community Wales:Penllyn
Unitary Wales:Vale of Glamorgan
Lieutenancy Wales:South Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Vale of Glamorgan
Post Town:Cowbridge
Postcode Area:CF
Postcode District:CF71
Dial Code:01446
Os Grid Reference:SS973761
Population:1506
Population Ref:(2011)[1]

Penllyn (Welsh: Pen-llin) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located north west of the market town of Cowbridge. As a community it contains the settlements of Llansannor, Pentre Meyrick, Trerhyngyll, Ystradowen and Penllyn itself.[2]

Penllyn is home to Penllyn Castle, a 12th-century fortification which, although ruinous, is now adjoined by a castellated mansion originally built in the late 16th century.

The smaller hamlet of Graig Penllyn, about 1.3mile north of the main village, is notable for its pub the Barley Mow.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community population 2011 . 9 April 2015.
  2. Book: John . Davies. John Davies (historian). Nigel . Jenkins . Nigel Jenkins. Baines . Menna. Peredur I. . Lynch. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales . 2008 . University of Wales Press. Cardiff . 978-0-7083-1953-6. 492.
  3. Web site: The Barley Mow Inn, a pub in Cowbridge, South Wales. cowbridgeguide.co.uk. 30 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Barley Mow, Craig Penllyn. whatpub.com. 30 September 2016.