Gaerllwyd
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. The village has a Baptist chapel, situated on the Gaerllwyd Crossroads, which is still in regular religious use. Near the chapel 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. 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. To the south there are some Early Bronze Age monuments including two stone circles, a standing stone and a round barrow cemetery.
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.
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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