Gilwern
Gilwern is a Village in the county of Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy).
There are great places to visit near Gilwern including some great towns, ruins and historic buildings.
The area close to Gilwern boasts some of the best towns including Tintern.
Tintern Abbey / Abaty Tyndryn is one of Gilwern's best, nearby ruins to visit in Gilwern.
The area close to Gilwern boasts some of the best historic buildings including Tintern Abbey / Abaty Tyndryn.
Gilwern History
There are some historic monuments around Gilwern:
- Ffynnon Angoeron Holy Well
- Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon
- Crickhowell Bridge
- Iron Furnace SW of Clydach
- Garnddyrys Ironworks (Site of) and adjacent Tramway
- Abersychan Railway
- British Colliery Pumping Engine House
- Cairn on the Blorenge
- Blorenge Quarries Tramroad
- Abergavenny Castle
- Nant yr Ychen round cairn
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, platform cairn on S end of
- Llangattock Tramroad Inclines
- Dyne Steel Incline
- Coed Pentwyn Hillfort
- Tretower Castle
- Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn
- Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)
- Blaenavon Ironworks
- Clydach Coal Level
- Mynydd Llangattock round cairn
- Area of Conventual Buildings, St Mary's Priory
- Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, cairn on W side of
- Garreg Las Round Cairns
- Tretower Court
- Standing Stone North of Tretower
- Clydach Ironworks (remains) and Smart's Bridge
- Tramroad Bridge, Bailey's Tramroad, Govilon
- St. Faith's Churchyard Cross, Llanfoist
- Gwernvale chambered cairn
- Hill's Tramroad Inclines, Llanfoist
- Abergavenny Bridge
- Garn Road Powder House 300m ENE of Ashgrove Bungalow
- Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch, Blaenafon
- Waun Cyrn round cairn
- Limekiln and Quarries at Craig-yr-Hafod
- Twr Pen-cyrn round cairns
- Llanwenarth Churchyard Cross-Base
- Air Furnace at British Ironworks
- Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on NW side of
- Abergavenny Roman Fort
- Pen y Clawdd Castle Mound
- Two platform buildings on eastern side of Partrishow Hill
- Tretower Barn
- Y Cwrt Deserted Rural Settlement
- Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement
- Kidney-shaped enclosure 1km SE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Marine Colliery Pumping Engine
- Churchyard Cross, St Issau's Church
- Gilwern Embankment
- Crug Hywel Camp
- Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard
- Darren ring cairn
- Coed Cefn hillfort
- Ffawyddog Gaer
- Engine Pit, Blaenavon
- The Graig Settlement
- Great Oak Road standing stone
- Clydach Railroad Section near Brynmawr
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach
- Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns
- Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of
- Blorenge Tunnel, Hill's Tramroad
- Penmyarth Standing Stone
- Inscribed Stone in Church
- Three Wells Round Cairn
- Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Porth Mawr
- Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge
- Mynydd Pen-y-fal round cairns
- Twyn-y-Gaer Camp
- Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline
- Hatterrall Hill Cross Ridge Dyke
- Cwrt-y-Gollen Standing Stone
- Garn Coch
- Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline
- Crickhowell Castle
- Disgwylfa Tramroads
- Pwll Du Limestone Quarry & Water Balance Lift
- Maes-Celyn Castle Mound
- Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf
- Hatterrall Hill Enclosure
- Llwyn y Brain Deserted Rural Settlement
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Northern Entrances & Site of Lower Rank
- Standing Stone N of Golden Grove
- Cwmyoy Churchyard Cross
- Hen Castell
- Pen Allt-mawr platform cairn
- Disgwylfa round cairn
- Tretower Shrunken Medieval Settlement
- Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro
- Battle Tump
