Llangovan ( cy, Llangofan) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east

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, United Kingdom. It is located south west of

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. ...

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Llangovan is close to Monmouth, the county town and is set in a quiet, rural area of rolling hills beneath the

Trellech Trellech (occasionally spelt Trelech, Treleck or Trelleck; cy, Tryleg) is a village and parish in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. Located south of Monmouth and north-north-west of Tintern, Trellech lies on a plateau above the Wye Valley on ...

ridge. The Church of St Govan is a Grade II*

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. It is now closed and has a colony of bats. The churchyard contains an ornate

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stone cross which is a

Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...

. At Llanwinney is the remains of a chapel which bears the inscription "Bethel Chapel Erected in 1841". Nearby Court St. Lawrence, once home of Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, the High Sheriff of Gwent, is also a Grade II listed building. In 2007 Penyclawdd and Llangovan Village Hall was completely refurbished.

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