The Bendricks
The Bendricks is a stretch of coastline and an important
Geology and topography
A tidal promontory of
The Cadoxton River now enters the Bristol Channel by a concrete channel at this point having been redirected during the construction of Barry Docks by the Barry Railway Company which began in 1884. Inland of the Bendricks are HMS Cambria [1][2] and the former Sully Hospital [3]
Dinosaur footprints
The Bendricks is famous for the discovery of 220 million year old
Visiting
The Bendricks can be accessed via a path which follows the outside of the security fence round HMS Cambria at Hayes Point, Sully or by following the coastal path in a south-westerly direction from the public slipway at the Vale of Glamorgan recycling centre at Hayes Road, Sully.
The footprints can be difficult to see. Many are covered at high tide so it is easier to see them after high tide when the tracks may retain small puddles of water. It is also easier to spot the footprints when the sun is low in the sky as longer shadows will help throw the footprints into relief.[7]
There is a small residential street known as Bendrick Road, consisting of around 50 houses.
References
- ^ "News : HMS Cambria (Cardiff) : Training Centres : Royal Naval Reserve : Operations and Support : Royal Navy". 29 July 2007. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Cardiff - HMS Cambria | Royal Navy". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Archives Network Wales - Sully Hospital records". Archivesnetworkwales.info. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ 'Where dinosaurs walked' a schools service paper by the National Museum of Wales
- ^ A.J. Thomas 'Triassic Rocks of the Bendricks'. NMW MSS paper No. 1750.
- ^ "BBC - South East Wales Walks - Dinosaur Footprints at Bendrick Rock, Sully". Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Dinosaur footprints - The Bendricks, Glamorgan, Wales, UK - Paleontology and Fossils on Waymarking.com". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
