Llangynidr is a village,

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and

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in Powys, Wales, about west of Crickhowell and south-east of

Brecon Brecon (; cy, Aberhonddu; ), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town in Powys, mid Wales. In 1841, it had a population of 5,701. The population in 2001 was 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census. Historically it was the coun ...

. The

River Usk The River Usk (; cy, Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it fl ...

flows through the village as does the

Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal ( cy, Camlas Sir Fynwy a Brycheiniog) is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its currently (2018) navigable length it runs through the Brecon Beacons National parks of England and Wales, Na ...

. It is in the historic county of

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The village

The village is located four miles west of Crickhowell and nine miles southeast of

, beside the

and the

. It is situated on the B4558 just to the south of where this road diverges from the A40 trunk road. The stone bridge across the river dates from approximately 1700 and is a Grade I listed building. The canal has five locks and an aqueduct in the vicinity of the village. The village is notionally divided into Upper and Lower Llangynidr. The remains of what may be a

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's house have been discovered in the course of

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excavations in the centre of the village. The village has two

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s, a village shop and a primary school.

History

Sir William Herbert, Knight of

Raglan Castle Raglan Castle ( cy, Castell Rhaglan) is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales. The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th centuries, when the succ ...

, was granted the manors of

Tretower Castle Tretower Castle ( cy, Castell Tretŵr) is a Grade I-listed ruined castle in the village of Tretower in the county of Powys, Wales. It was built around the beginning of the twelfth century as a motte and bailey castle and this was probably replace ...

and Crickhowell just after the accession of

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in 1442. At that time this village was part of the

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of Tretower."An Introduction to the History of Llangynidr" Dorethea Watkins 1986 Langynidr Local History Society The land was then in the ownership of the

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until the nineteenth and early twentieth century when much of Llangynidr was part of the Glanusk Park estate. On the moors to the southeast of the village lies the

Chartist Cave Chartist Cave (or sometimes Chartist's or Chartists' Cave) is a culturally significant cave on Mynydd Llangynidr in southern Powys, Wales. The entrance is a broad arch formed of Twrch Sandstone ('Millstone Grit') which overlies the Carboniferou ...

, the name of which derives from 1839 when Chartist rebels used the cave to stockpile weapons in advance of their march on

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. There is a plaque at the entrance of the cave commemorating their actions. Until the 20th century, the principal language in Llangynidr was Welsh. For example, in his 1893 book 'Wales and her language', John E Southall, reports that over 60% of the population of Crickhowell and Llangynidr spoke welsh, although the town was only a few miles from more anglicised Abergavenny. Welsh services persisted in at least one chapel in Llangynidr into the 1970s.

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The village

History

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