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Mounting block at entry to Bettws Newydd churchyard

Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Bettws Newydd, Usk, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, designated on 15 March 2000.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Mounting block at entry to Bettws Newydd churchyard, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Transport
Date of designation
15 March 2000
Locality
Bettws Newydd
Town
Usk
Community
Llanarth
Unitary authority
Monmouthshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.74806, -2.92574
Cadw reference
23005

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated at NW entry to Bettws Newydd churchyard, between main and pedestrian gates.

History

Mounting block, probably C19.

Exterior

Mounting block, rubble stone, two steps and slab top.

Reason for designation

Included as a prominent survival of a C19 mounting block; group value with the church.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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