St. Maughans ( cy, Llanfocha) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

, United Kingdom.

Location

St. Maughans is located three miles north 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. ...

History and amenities

St. Maughans is close to the

River Monnow The River Monnow ( cy, Afon Mynwy) marks the England–Wales border for much of its length. After flowing through southwest Herefordshire, England, and eastern Monmouthshire, Wales, its confluence with the River Wye is approximately south of ...

and the border with

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. The parish contains the

Hilston Park Hilston Park is a country house and estate between the villages of Newcastle and Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with Herefordshire, England. The house and park are in the Monnow valley, beside the B4347 road, by road nor ...

. The village has a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Ch ...

, the Church of St Maughan dedicated to Saint Maughan, which dates from the 12th or 13th century and has a distinctive local

dovecote A dovecote or dovecot , doocot (Scots Language, Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house Domestic pigeon, pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or ba ...

belfry Belfry may refer to: In architecture * Belfry (architecture), a structure enclosing bells * Bell tower ** Bell tower (wat), a Thai architectural structure * Belfry, a type of medieval siege tower * Belfries of Belgium and France, a UNESCO World ...

. The church was much restored by architect

J. P. Seddon John Pollard Seddon FRIBA (19 September 1827 – 1 February 1906) was a British architect, working largely on churches. His father was a cabinetmaker, and his brother Thomas Seddon (1821–1856) a landscape painter. Born in London, he was educat ...

in 1865/6.Church of St Maughan, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 March 2016. The village has given its name to the St. Maughans Formation, the lowest

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, w ...

rocks of the

Old Red Sandstone The Old Red Sandstone is an assemblage of rocks in the North Atlantic region largely of Devonian age. It extends in the east across Great Britain, Ireland and Norway, and in the west along the northeastern seaboard of North America. It also ext ...

References

External links

Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901
* Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub