Shell Grotto
The Shell Grotto - - is a Grade II* listed late-18th-century stone built, cylindrical, slate roofed shell grotto decorated with shells and animal bones on the interior.Photo: Janice Lightly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Grade II* listed building in Pontypool. Grotto in Pontypool, Wales
- Also known as: “Shell Grotto, Pontypool” and “The Shell Grotto”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pontypool Park and Pontypool and New Inn railway station.
Pontypool Park
Park
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontypool Park is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware. Pontypool Park is situated 1,700 feet west of Shell Grotto.
Pontypool and New Inn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontypool and New Inn railway station is situated to the south east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn, Wales. The station was formerly called Pontypool Road until renamed just Pontypool in 1972 and then to the present name in 1994. Pontypool and New Inn railway station is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Shell Grotto.
Torfaen County Borough Council
Government office
Torfaen County Borough Council is the local authority for the county borough of Torfaen, one of the principal areas of Wales. Torfaen County Borough Council is situated 3,700 feet west of Shell Grotto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penygarn and Pontypool.
Penygarn
Suburb
Penygarn is a village near Trevethin in Wales. Penygarn has its own nursery, infant school and junior school. Penygarn has its new housing accommodation, Penygarn heights, built upon the grounds of the old Trevethin community school which has since been demolished.
Pontypool
Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontypool is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. As of 2021, it has a population of 29,062.
New Inn
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Inn is a village and community directly south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It had a population of 5,986 at the 2011 Census.
Shell Grotto
- Categories: shell grotto, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7036° or 51° 42′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.02406° or 3° 1′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3RPX3G+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1721705655OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7763753
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In Other Languages
“Shell Grotto” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Ogofan Gregyn”
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