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Also known as Larnog

Lavernock () is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel.

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Place details

Region
Cymru / Wales
Country
United Kingdom
Population
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Instance of
village
Official name
Lavernock
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Monkstone - Fast boat ride.jpg
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Commons category
Lavernock
inception
1839-00-00
historic county
Glamorgan
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Marconi and the first radio messages across open sea
  • The bays of Lavernock
  • Lavernock Point
  • Geology
  • Lavernock Fort
  • Royal Observer Corps
  • Nature reserve
  • Monkstone Lighthouse
  • Lavernock today
  • Local attractions
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Lavernock () is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel.

== Marconi and the first radio messages across open sea == thumb|Guglielmo Marconi Following overland tests at Salisbury Plain during March 1897, on 13 May 1897, the Italian born and recently British based inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, Guglielmo Marconi, assisted by George Kemp (who was a Cardiff based Post Office engineer) transmitted and received the first wireless signals over open sea between Lavernock Point and Flat Holm island.

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