Twyn y Gaer
Twyn y Gaer is a peak in Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales and has an elevation of 1,401 feet. Twyn y Gaer is situated nearby to the hamlet Cwmyoy, as well as near the village Forest Coal Pit.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bryn Arw and Tabernacle Baptist Chapel.
Bryn Arw
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bryn Arw is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south Wales. It lies 4 km north of the town of Abergavenny and 1.5 miles west of the village of Llanvihangel Crucorney.
Tabernacle Baptist Chapel
Church
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Ffwthog, near Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire is a Baptist chapel, with attached manse, dating from 1837. Largely unaltered externally and internally, the chapel is a Grade II* listed building.
St Martin’s Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Martin, Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire, Wales, was begun in the 12th century, although most of the current structure dates from the 13th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gaer and Cwmyoy.
Gaer
Locality
Photo: Jasperfforde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gaer is the name of a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south Wales. It lies at the southern end of the long ridge between the valley of the Grwyne Fawr and the Vale of Ewyas, one mile north of Bryn Arw and three miles northeast of Sugarloaf.
Cwmyoy
Hamlet
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales. The standard Welsh name is Cwm Iau or Cwm-iau. In the Gwentian dialect of Welsh that was spoken here until the late 1800s, the name was pronounced as Cwm Iou.
Llanvihangel Crucorney
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanvihangel Crucorney is a small village in the community of Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 5 miles north of Abergavenny and 18 miles southwest of Hereford, England on the A465 road.
Twyn y Gaer
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,401 feet
- Description: hill (427m) in Monmouthshire
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.89175° or 51° 53′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.02759° or 3° 1′ 39″ westElevation
1,401 feet (427 metres)Open location code
9C3RVXRC+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 10104461678OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12610384Wikidata ID
Q106711323
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Twyn y Gaer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Twyn y Gaer”
- Welsh: “Twyn y Gaer”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Twyn y gaer Hill Fort and Coed Robin.
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