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