Place:Penyclawdd, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NamePenyclawdd
Alt namesPenyclwddsource: Family History Library Catalog
Pen-y-clawddsource: Wikipedia
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.765°N 2.795°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoRhaglan Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Penyclawdd is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated between Raglan and Monmouth. The village is the site of a medieval fortification and there is a historic church with an ancient cross in the churchyard which is a scheduled monument.

Penyclawdd is located about two miles east of Raglan and five miles southwest of Monmouth, on the unclassified road leading from Usk to Monmouth, and to the east of the A449 trunk road.

Penyclawdd was granted manorial status in 1349 when it was held by half a Knight's Fee by Walter de Kymbard from Lawrence de Hastings. (Source: Keen, Richard and Burgum, Ian. Wales. Orion Publishing Company (1997) pg. 152.)

The Church of St Martin is the parish church. The church is constructed in a "mixture of Perpendicular and Decorated" styles and is a Grade II* listed building. The churchyard contains a churchyard cross which is a scheduled monument. The church consists of a chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower with pyramidal stone roof. There is a stained glass east window. The register dates from 1727.

Pen-y-clawdd House, a third of a mile south-east of the village, is described by Newman as "notable only for the plain but nobly scaled red brick arch, dated May 1861." (Source: Newman, John. The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. p. 469) The house is not listed but the range of outbuildings, including the 17th century barn, is listed Grade II.

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