Mathern in Wales
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M48 motorway

The M48 is a 12 miles long motorway in Great Britain, which connects Gloucestershire, England, and Monmouthshire, Wales, via the original Severn Bridge. The M48 is anomalously numbered, as it is entirely to the west of the M5 motorway thus falling into zone 5 of the motorway numbering system.

Located at 51.6179, -2.6927 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Motorways in England, Motorways in Wales, Transport in South Gloucestershire, Transport in Monmouthshire

Chepstow Castle

Chepstow Castle, located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Its construction was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built along the English-Welsh border in the Welsh Marches. The castle ruins are Grade I listed as at 6 December 1950.

Located at 51.644, -2.67542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Castles in Monmouthshire, Castle ruins in Wales, Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire, Chepstow, Cadw

Striguil

Striguil or Strigoil is the name which was used from the 11th century until the late 14th century, for the port and Norman castle of Chepstow, on the Welsh side of the River Wye which forms the boundary with England. The name was also applied to the Marcher lordship which controlled the area in the period between the Norman conquest and the formation of Monmouthshire under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542.

Located at 51.638, -2.678 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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History of Monmouthshire, Medieval Wales

Chepstow Community Hospital

Chepstow Community Hospital in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales accepted its first patients on 26 February 2000 having been developed under the United Kingdom Government's Private Finance Initiative. It was officially opened on 27 October by Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM MP, the First Minister for Wales. The 84-bed hospital provides primary, community and secondary care delivered from one location. As well as hospital services the building also houses two GP practices.

Located at 51.6397, -2.68472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hospitals in Wales, Hospitals established in 2000, Chepstow

Chepstow Rural District

Chepstow Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Monmouthshire, Wales. It was established under the Local Government Act 1894, and was abolished in 1974 when its functions were assumed by the new Monmouth District Council. The responsibilities of the Rural District Council included housing, sanitation, sewerage, water supply, refuse collection, road maintenance, cemeteries, parks, and licensing of public entertainments.

Located at 51.639, -2.678 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rural districts of Wales, History of Monmouthshire, Chepstow

Pwllmeyric

Pwllmeyric is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales, located 1 mile south west of Chepstow, on the A48 road within the parish of Mathern. The name Pwllmeyric means, in Welsh, "Meurig's pool" and refers to the pwll or creek of the Severn estuary which, before it silted up, linked the village to the sea. It was named for Meurig ap Tewdrig, king of the early Welsh kingdoms of Gwent and Glywysing in the 5th or 6th century, who buried his father Tewdrig (St. Theodoric) at Mathern.

Located at 51.6286, -2.69667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Villages in Monmouthshire, Chepstow

Chepstow Port Wall

The Port Wall in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a late thirteenth century stone wall, which was constructed for the twin purposes of defence and tax collection by permitting users of the town's market only one point of access through the wall at the Town Gate. The wall originally formed a semi-circle extending for some 1,100 metres, roughly southwards from Chepstow Castle to the River Wye. It enclosed an area of 53 hectares, including the entire town and port as it existed at that time.

Located at 51.6402, -2.67571 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire, City walls in the United Kingdom, Chepstow

Chepstow Town Gate

The Town Gate at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, was historically the only landward entrance to the town through the Port Wall, and a point where tolls for those resorting to the town and its market were collected. It was originally built, with the wall, in the late thirteenth century. The current archway mainly dates from the sixteenth century, but has been restored and partly rebuilt on several occasions.

Located at 51.641, -2.67656 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire, Chepstow