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Llanveynoe - Olchon Valley

Nearest town: Abergavenny

Site type: boundary

Access: Public

Church name:

Diocese:

County: Herefordshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SO30233144

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 4/10/2016

Recorded by: Paul Wood

Protection & responsibility: landowner

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m, Notable

Notes: A remote location beneath the Black Mountains. The curving ditch is shown on the map as a broken yellow line. The current hedge boundary with the two yews in has been marked X. It reflects the curving ditch in the field nearer the church. Also note that the red line probably marks a boundary or road that has been truncated by the church and its present setting. The 1st edition ordnance survey map shows a network of roads leading seemingly to nowhere. This site is puzzling and asks the question whether this was once a major church or monastic site in the so called Dark Ages.