Gaerllwyd
Gaerllwyd
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 Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel | |
  Gaerllwyd Location within Monmouthshire | |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | USK |
| Postcode district | NP |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Gaerllwyd (Welsh: Gaer-lwyd) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.
Location
[edit]Gaerllwyd is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south east of Usk and 7 miles (11 km) north west of Chepstow on the B4235 road.
History and amenities
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Gaerllwyd is set in a very rural agricultural area in the heart of Monmouthshire. There is a Neolithic burial chamber, or cromlech dated to around 4,000 BC. It is made up of a capstone which would have had three upright stone supports.[1] The outer cairn has been removed by road construction and stone robbing, although archaeologists are uncertain whether a covering mound would ever have been in place.[2] To the south there are some Early Bronze Age monuments including two stone circles, a standing stone and a round barrow cemetery.[3]
The village has a Baptist chapel, situated on the Gaerllwyd Crossroads, which is still in regular religious use.[4] It is a Grade II listed building.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gallery - Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel". Shirenewtoncc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Castleden, Rodney (1992). Neolithic Britain: New Stone Age Sites of England, Scotland, and Wales. Routledge. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-415-05845-2. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Children, George; Nash, George (1996). A Guide To Prehistoric Sites In Monmouthshire. Logaston Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 1-873827-49-0.
- ^ https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/221161/The_Baptist_Union/Church_Finder/Church_Finder.aspx?search=gaerllwydd
- ^ https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300024577-gaerllwyd-baptist-church-shirenewton#:~:text=Also%20known%20as:%20Gaerllwydd%20Baptist%20Chapel.%20ID%20on
External links
[edit]- Gaerllwyd Baptist chapel Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Gaerllwyd and surrounding area
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