Gaerllwyd

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Gaerllwyd
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Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel
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Gaerllwyd
Location within Monmouthshire
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Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town USK
Postcode district NP
Police Gwent
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List of places
UK
Wales
Monmouthshire
51°39′57″N2°47′58″W / 51.66583°N 2.79944°W / 51.66583; -2.79944

Gaerllwyd (Welsh : Gaer-lwyd) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Location

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 burial chamber

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

  1. ↑ "Gallery - Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel". Shirenewtoncc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Children, George; Nash, George (1996). A Guide To Prehistoric Sites In Monmouthshire. Logaston Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN   1-873827-49-0.
  4. ↑ https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/221161/The_Baptist_Union/Church_Finder/Church_Finder.aspx?search=gaerllwydd [ bare URL ]
  5. ↑ https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300024577-gaerllwyd-baptist-church-shirenewton#:~:text=Also%20known%20as:%20Gaerllwydd%20Baptist%20Chapel.%20ID%20on [ bare URL ]


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