Govilon
Govilon is a Village in the county of Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy).
Govilon postcode: NP7 9RB
There are great places to visit near Govilon including some great towns, ruins and historic buildings.
Don't miss Tintern's towns if visiting the area around Govilon.
The area around Govilon's best ruins can be found at Tintern Abbey / Abaty Tyndryn.
Tintern Abbey / Abaty Tyndryn is one of Govilon's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Govilon.
Govilon History
There are some historic monuments around Govilon:
- Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon
- Disgwylfa round cairn
- Blorenge Quarries Tramroad
- Crug Hywel Camp
- Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro
- Y Cwrt Deserted Rural Settlement
- Abergavenny Castle
- Standing Stone N of Golden Grove
- Clydach Ironworks (remains) and Smart's Bridge
- Battle Tump
- Two platform buildings on eastern side of Partrishow Hill
- Hen Castell
- Garn Road Powder House 300m ENE of Ashgrove Bungalow
- The Graig Settlement
- Tramway Embankment of Grosmont Railway
- Abergavenny Bridge
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Northern Entrances & Site of Lower Rank
- Twr Pen-cyrn round cairns
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, platform cairn on S end of
- Blorenge Tunnel, Hill's Tramroad
- Engine Pit, Blaenavon
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach
- Llanwenarth Churchyard Cross-Base
- Cwmbyrgwm Colliery
- Pwll Du Limestone Quarry & Water Balance Lift
- Porth Mawr
- Cwmyoy Churchyard Cross
- Maes-Celyn Castle Mound
- St. Bartholomew's Churchyard Cross, Llanover
- Iron Furnace SW of Clydach
- Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge
- Churchyard Cross, St Issau's Church
- Crickhowell Bridge
- Kidney-shaped enclosure 1km SE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Crickhowell Castle
- Remains of St Michael's Chapel and Skirrid Fawr Defended Enclosure
- St. Faith's Churchyard Cross, Llanfoist
- Pen y Clawdd Castle Mound
- Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement
- Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard
- Clydach Coal Level
- Garnddyrys Ironworks (Site of) and adjacent Tramway
- Pen-Twyn Earthwork
- Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch, Blaenafon
- Llangattock Tramroad Inclines
- Abergavenny Roman Fort
- Twyn-y-Gaer Camp
- Pen Allt-mawr platform cairn
- Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
- Tramroad Bridge, Bailey's Tramroad, Govilon
- Gilwern Embankment
- Abersychan Railway
- Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns
- Blaenavon Ironworks
- Llangattock Nigh Usk Churchyard Cross
- Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)
- Gwernvale chambered cairn
- Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline
- Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of
- Air Furnace at British Ironworks
- Clydach Railroad Section near Brynmawr
- Limekiln and Quarries at Craig-yr-Hafod
- Area of Conventual Buildings, St Mary's Priory
- Darren ring cairn
- Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on NW side of
- The Moat Mound and Bailey Castle, Tre Fedw
- Mynydd Pen-y-fal round cairns
- British Colliery Pumping Engine House
- Garn Coch
- Great Oak Road standing stone
- Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf
- Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline
- Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, cairn on W side of
- Castle Arnold
- Ffynnon Angoeron Holy Well
- Coed Cefn hillfort
- Three Wells Round Cairn
- Hill's Tramroad Inclines, Llanfoist
- Waun Cyrn round cairn
- Cwrt-y-Gollen Standing Stone
- Cairn on the Blorenge
- Dyne Steel Incline
- Disgwylfa Tramroads
- Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon
- Llwyn y Brain Deserted Rural Settlement
