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near to Croes y Pant, Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy, Wales
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Mon & Brecon canal, near Mamhilad
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The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, near Mamhilad
Approaching the bridge carrying a minor road over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Mamhilad.
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Towards Lower House Farm, Mamhilad
The farmhouse is on the Old Abergavenny Road; the tall buildings behind are on the Mamhilad Park Estate.
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Star Inn Mamhilad
Country Inn close to the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal
The Star was refurbished and reopened June 2006
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Star Cottage, Folly Lane, Mamhilad
Viewed across Old Abergavenny Road in February 2022.
The red phonebox seen here Link in 2012 has gone.
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Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, Mamhilad
A hire boat is moored just south of the winding hole (turning point) at Mamhilad.
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Churchyard, St Illtyd's Church
Within the churchyard are many old gravestones and tombs. The Lutyens style bench (named after Sir Edwin Lutyens) is conveniently located to catch the sun and orange hawk-bit grows among the lichen covered gravestones.
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Milestone, near Mamhilad
On the MonBrec canal. These milestones probably date from the GWR ownership era. Mileage is generally to Newport.
Inscription: ½
Milestone Society National ID: MBA-11½
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Canal bridge at Ty-bach over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
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Bend on the canal
A walker strolls along the sunny towpath on a November Sunday morning.
We had stopped to chat - he had been conversing with the cattle here - something I gently ribbed him about, admitting to doing the very same thing myself and that... (more)
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Pentre Lane north of Mamhilad
Pentre Lane heads east away from Old Abergavenny Road towards Pentre Farm.
The overgrown remains of an old farm building are on the right.
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St Illtyd's church, Mamhilad
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