St Maughans
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St Maughans (Welsh: Llanfocha) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.
Location[edit]
St Maughans is located three miles north west of Monmouth.
History and amenities[edit]
St Maughans is close to the River Monnow and the border with England. The parish contains the Hilston Park.
The village has a church, the Church of St Maughan dedicated to Saint Maughan, which dates from the 12th or 13th century and has a distinctive local dovecote belfry. The church was much restored by architect J. P. Seddon in 1865/6.[1]
The village has given its name to the St Maughans Formation, the lowest Devonian rocks of the Old Red Sandstone.
References[edit]
- ^ Church of St Maughan, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
External links[edit]
- Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901
- Map sources for St Maughans
51°51′00″N 2°47′02″W / 51.84988°N 2.78391°W