Llancayo

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Llancayo
Village
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Llancayo Mill in course of restoration, 2008
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Llancayo
Location within Monmouthshire
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
List of places
UK
Wales
Monmouthshire
51°43′N2°55′W / 51.717°N 2.917°W / 51.717; -2.917

Llancayo (Welsh : Llancaeo) is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located two miles north of Usk on the B4598 road to Abergavenny, in the community of Llanarth.

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History and amenities

Llancayo Mill is situated in fields visible from the road. It was built around 1813 [1] and destroyed by fire by about 1830. [2] The local story is that the miller left the mill gears engaged when he went to market, and when the wind changed direction the mechanism overheated, igniting the surrounding timber. [3] [4] A Monmouthshire poet, Myfanwy Haycock, wrote a poem about the now disused windmill. It has now been fully restored, with working sails, for use as a "luxury retreat". [5]

The River Usk flows close by.

References

  1. ↑ Gerallt D Nash. "Welsh corn mills — the past, present, … and future?" (PDF). ads.ahds.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  2. ↑ John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, 2000, ISBN   0-14-071053-1
  3. ↑ History of the mill
  4. ↑ Fred Hando, Monmouthshire Weekly Argus, 22 August 1959
  5. ↑ Windmill restoration project


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