Tusker Rock ( Welsh: Ynys Twsgr) is a rock in the Bristol Channel, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Ogmore-by-Sea, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is suggested that it takes its name from Tuska the Viking, a Dane whose fellow Vikings semi-colonised the Vale of Glamorgan. [1] Alternatively, the name might derive (as with the similarly named Tuskar Rock, Ireland [2] and various other Tusker Rocks in the Bristol Channel and Milford Haven/Skomer area) simply from the Old Norse tu (large) skar (rock).
It is fully visible only at low tide, and was formerly a notorious hazard for ships.
Today, the waters around Tusker Rock are a popular diving location.
References
- ^ Hayward, Will (9 December 2018). "The tiny island off the Welsh coast which is a graveyard of ships". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Billy Colfer ( 2004) The Hook Peninsula: County Wexford p30 Cork University Press ISBN 9781859183786