Gaerllwyd

Gaerllwyd
Welsh: *Gaer-lwyd*
Gaerllwyd Welsh: Gaer-lwyd;
	Gaerllwyd Baptist Chapel
	Gaerllwyd Location within Monmouthshire
Principal area	Monmouthshire;
Preserved county	Gwent;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	USK
Postcode district	NP
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Monmouth;
	List of places UK Wales Monmouthshire 51°39′57″N 2°47′58″W / 51.66583°N 2.79944°W

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

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

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

^ "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

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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[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.

[children-3] Children, George; Nash, George (1996). A Guide To Prehistoric Sites In Monmouthshire. Logaston Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 1-873827-49-0.

[4] ttps://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/221161/The_Baptist_Union/Church_Finder/Church_Finder.aspx?search=gaerllwydd

[5] ttps://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300024577-gaerllwyd-baptist-church-shirenewton#:~:text=Also%20known%20as:%20Gaerllwydd%20Baptist%20Chapel.%20ID%20on

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