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Marcross

Village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Field	Value
welsh_name	Marcroes
official_name	Marcross
coordinates
static_image	Crossroads at Marcross - geograph.org.uk - 1158136.jpg
static_image_width	250px
static_image_caption	Crossroads at Marcross
unitary_wales	Vale of Glamorgan
constituency_welsh_assembly	Vale of Glamorgan
constituency_westminster	Vale of Glamorgan
country	Wales
lieutenancy_wales	South Glamorgan
postcode_area	CF
os_grid_reference	SS924692

Marcross () is a small village in the rural community of St Donats in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It consists of a public house (the Horseshoe Inn) and a few scattered houses, farms, and a small medieval church in the centre of the village.

Holy Trinity Church

The Church of the Holy Trinity dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. The church retains many of its Norman features, including a large font, an excellent chancel arch and a pair of intriguing corbels who guard the south doorway. Holy Trinity was restored at the turn of the twentieth century, Since the church appears to be in need of repairs, particularly after a series of spring storms in 2016, a village fund raiser was held at the Horseshoe Inn in May 2016, to help with the costs of the work.

Nash Point Lighthouse

Nash Point Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building, and was the last staffed lighthouse in Wales; the last keepers left on 5 August 1998.

While the sands were a danger to all ships in the area, it appears that the accident involving a passenger ship, the Frolic, in March 1831, was the driving force behind the rapid construction and completion of the towers. The engineering chief was Joseph Nelson and both towers exhibited a light, giving a clear set of leading lights for vessels sailing eastwards up the Bristol Channel, guiding them through the narrow channel During the 1920s the use of the low tower was discontinued and a red sector was placed in the lamp of the east tower, shining red over the sandbank.

The Keepers' cottages are now available for hire as holiday cottages and the lighthouse is regularly open to visitors during the summer season; the lighthouse itself is also a popular venue for weddings.

References

"Church of the Holy Trinity, St Donats". British Listed Buildings.
"Holy Trinity". Llanilltud.org.uk.
Breverton, Terry. (2013). "Wales' 1000 Best Heritage Sites". Amberley Publishing Limited.
"Holy Trinity Church, Marcross". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
(21 May 2016). "Village Fundraiser Has a Royal Theme". The Bridgend and Porthcawl Gem.
"Fog Station at Nash Point Lighthouse, St Donat's". British Listed Buildings.
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(1 September 1832). "Notice to Mariners-Navigation of the Bristol Channel". The Cambrian.
(26 March 1831). "Loss of the Frolic Steam Packet". The Cambrian.
"Nash Point Lightouse". Trinity House.
(13 August 1831). "Lights on the Nass Point". The Cambrian.
"Nash Point". Nash Point Lighthouse Visitors Centre.
"Weddings at Nash Point". Trinity House.

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