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Marcross - St Donat's Community Council
Marcross is one of the main gateways to the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, providing vehicular access to Nash Point. Follow the lane that wends its way from the local pub, the nineteenth-century Horseshoe Inn, past the village Church and through the nature reserve at Marcrosss Cwm to the spectacular headland.
The Church of The Holy Trinity
It may not seem like it to modern-day visitors but the Bristol Channel waters were once the busiest in the World. Fleets of ships carried coal from the Port of Cardiff to destinations all over the globe. The narrow passage between the 7-mile long Nash-Sandbank and the rocky shore was particularly feared and many ships were lost here. In 1831 the outcry caused by the sinking of the steam-ship ‘Frolic’, with the loss of 78 lives, hastened the construction of the Nash Point Lighthouses. The station, with its two towers constructed from “Blue Lias” stone quarried from the beach below, was operational, by 1st September 1832, just 11 months after work commenced. The fog-signal was installed in 1906
The beams from the towers aligned to provide a “leading light”, guiding vessels safely through the narrow passage to the south of Nash Sands. During the early 1920’s use of the low tower was discontinued with the lantern finally removed during the late 1950’s. Nash Point was the last manned lighthouse in Wales, automated during August 1998, and remains fully operational.
The Grade 2-listed lighthouse has a Visitor Centre with tours available at certain times (check opening times before travelling). It even provides a unique wedding venue
According to local legend,The remains of a Long Cairn, partly obscured by gorse, on the cliff-top, was the place of worship of the old village and is known known locally as Yr Hen Eglwys, (Old Church)
The distinctive cliff-top Iron Age promontory fort is one of several that protected the Heritage coast from coastal raiders.
Mae Marcroes yn un o'r prif fynedfeydd i Arfordir Treftadaeth Morgannwg, gan roi mynediad i Drwyn yr As Fach. Dilynwch y lôn sy'n weindio ei ffordd o’r Horseshoe Inn, tafarn leol o’r 19eg canrif, heibio Eglwys y pentref a thrwy warchodfa natur pert, Cwm Marcross, i'r pentir ysblennydd.
Eglwys y Drindod Sanctaidd
Adeilad rhestredig Gradd 1 yw Eglwys y Drindod Sanctaidd. Mae’n enghraifft da o’r 12fed ganrif, gan gynnwys nifer o elfennau Normanaidd arbennig ac mae'r adeilad cyfan yn cadw olion y gwyngalch a oedd yn draddodiadol ar waliau eglwysi’r Fro.
Goleudy Trwyn yr As Fach
Mae’n anodd credu nawr, ond roedd dyfroedd y Môr Hafren arfer bod y rhai prysuraf y byd. Hwyliodd llong ar ôl llong o Mhorthladd Caerdydd, gan gario glo i wledyd ledled y byd. Cafodd llawer o longau eu colli yn yr ardal, gyda dim ond darn cul o môr diogel rhwng y sandbank hir a glannau creigiog peryglus. Yn 1831 collwyd 78 o forwyr ar ôl i long ager y Frolic suddo. Oherwydd y protest a ddilynodd cafodd Goleudai Trwyn yr As Fach eu adeiladu. Erbyn mis Medi y cyntaf, 1832, ar ôl dim ond 11 o fisoedd o waith adeiladu, roedd y gorsaf yn barod. Daeth y signal niwl yn hwyrach, yn 1906.
Mae'r golau o'r tyrau yn alinio i roi "golau blaenllaw" i ddangos y ffordd diogel trwy’r sianel. Yn ystod y 1920au, dadgomisiynwyd y twr isel ac erbyn y pumdegau tynnwyd y llusern. Roedd Yr As Fach yn goleudy â chriw olaf yng Nghymru, gyda’r ceidwad olaf yn gadael ym mis Awst 1998. Mae’r goleudy dal i fod yn gwbl weithredol.
Erbyn hun, mae gan y goleudy rhestredig gradd 2 Canolfan Ymwelwyr ac mae teithiau ar gael ar adegau penodol (gwiriwch amseroedd agor cyn teithio). Mae hyd yn oed yn darparu lleoliad priodas unigryw
Yn ôl chwedl leol, olion Carn Hir, sy’n cuddio o dan eithin ar ben y clogwyn, oedd y lle o addoliad yr hen bentref ac yn cael ei adnabod fel Yr Hen Eglwys.
Mae caer Oes yr Haearn nodedig ar ben y clogwyn yn un o nifer a oedd yn gwarchod yr arfordir rhag ysbeilwyr arfordirol.
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