Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire, was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974. It is located in South Wales. Originally an early medieval petty
Parc Cwm long cairn a Neolithic chambered tomb on the Gower Peninsula
St Lythans burial chamber, a Neolithic portal dolmen in the Vale of Glamorgan
Tribes of Wales at the time of the Roman invasion (The modern border with England is also shown)
Caerphilly castle, c. 1812
Glywysing was, from the sub-Roman period to the Early Middle Ages, a petty kingdom in south-east Wales. Its people were descended from the Iron Age tribe of the Silures, and frequently in union with G
Glamorgan
…their abolition in 1974. It is located in South Wales. Originally an early medieval petty kingdom of varying boundaries known in Welsh as Morgannwg (or Glywysing), which was then invaded and taken over by the Normans as the Lordship of Glamorgan. The area that became known as Glamorgan was both a rural, pastoral…
Medieval kingdoms of Wales, showing Glywysing in the south