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Cardiff and the ValeLlantwit Major and Boverton
Field paths around a town whose church holds the finest collection of early medieval carved stones in Wales, with a ruined Tudor mansion nearby.
- Distance
- 3.1 mi / 5 km
- Time
- 1 hr 45
- Ascent
- 70 m
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Shape
- Circular
Where it is
The circle shows the general area, not the exact start. Use the directions link below to get to the car park itself. Contours and paths shown are OpenTopoMap, drawn from OpenStreetMap data.
The route
Paths link the town, Boverton and the surrounding farmland. Flat and gentle.
Worth knowing
- The Galilee Chapel in the church houses the carved stones and is free to enter.
- Boverton Place is a ruined Elizabethan mansion, unstaffed and overgrown.
- The town has one of the oldest continuously used sites of learning in Britain.
What you’ll see
The church and its carved stones, Boverton Place ruins, and quiet Vale farmland.
Background
Illtud’s school here taught, by tradition, Samson, Gildas and David, making it central to the early Welsh church.