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  1. "Cardiff is in the geographic county of Glamorgan. It is currently administered by Cardiff Council and lies within the South Glamorgan lieutenancy area, but neither replaces the geographic county. The present Cardiff council area also extends east across the River Rhymney into geographic Monmouthshire, so Rumney, Llanrumney, Trowbridge and St Mellons are administered as parts of Cardiff while remaining geographically in Monmouthshire"

    #cardiff #glamorgan #monmouthshire

    realcounties.com/2026/09/07/is

  2. One of my very favourite #folklore books. Published in 1780 by a #Monmouthshire minister and stuffed with a plethora of weird phantoms and #fairylore. Jones retells how his father saw the #fairies and repeats many first-hand encounters with the likes of Death Omens and Black Dogs. #FolkloreThursday

  3. Gloriously #Gothic view of the ruins of Tintern Abbey, #Monmouthshire, by Cotman (early 19th C). Here in 1895 a lady visitor said she made contact with the #ghost of a Saxon soldier who'd died nearby fighting for Henry II without receiving a proper burial. [1/2 #PhantomsFriday #NationalGothDay

  4. Gloriously #Gothic view of the ruins of Tintern Abbey, #Monmouthshire, by Cotman (early 19th C). Here in 1895 a lady visitor said she made contact with the #ghost of a Saxon soldier who'd died nearby fighting for Henry II without receiving a proper burial. [1/2 #PhantomsFriday #NationalGothDay

  5. Deputy headteacher at Welsh primary school unmasked as sex offender

    The school has written to parents this week on the same day he was sentenced Twm Owen, Local…
    #NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #Caldicot #Courts #Crime #education #GB #GreatBritain #Monmouthshire #Newport #UK #Walesschools
    newsbeep.com/uk/533767/

  6. europesays.com/uk/658921/ The mum-of-four who gets up at 5.15am to fit in world championship training around her job as a childrens’ doctor #Britain #Caerleon #Children'sHospitalForWales #GreatBritain #Monmouthshire #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales

  7. One night in the 18th Century a man was returning to his farm from Abergavenny, #Monmouthshire, when his horse shied, became panicked and bolted for home. Back at the farm, he saw what had spooked it: the gigantic phantom of a woman 'half as high as the tall beech trees' in his yard. #PhantomsFriday

  8. Woman spots rash during shopping trip and then gets worst possible news

    ‘I didn’t know if I would survive’Sue Torkington What Sue Torkington thought was a harmless reaction to some…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AneurinBevanUniversityHealthBoard #cancer #GB #Monmouthshire #NHS #People #RealLife #UK #UnitedKingdom #Women'shealth
    newsbeep.com/uk/209531/

  9. All visitors and patients told to wear face masks again at hospitals in one area of Wales

    It comes after the health board has seen a steep rise in winter illnesses across their hospitalsThe new…
    #NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #AneurinBevanUniversityHealthBoard #BlaenauGwent #Caerphilly #Health #healthcare #Monmouthshire #Newport #Torfaen #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/185045/

  10. Harold's Stones near the village of Trellech (tr. 'Three Stones'), #Monmouthshire. Three Bronze Age pillar stones distinctive because of the lumpy conglomerate their made of. Their name is a mystery. There is a #legend that local hero Jack O' Kent lobbed them here. #StandingStoneSunday #folklore

  11. St Anne's Well, also known as the Virtuous Well, at Trellech in #Monmouthshire. A medieval healing well and a genuine wishing well: people would drop pebbles into the water and if bubbles appeared, the wish would be granted. Note the ribbons or 'clouties' tied to the trees above the well. #folklore

  12. St Anne's Well, also known as the Virtuous Well, at Trellech in #Monmouthshire. A medieval healing well and a genuine wishing well: people would drop pebbles into the water and if bubbles appeared, the wish would be granted. Note the ribbons or 'clouties' tied to the trees above the well. #folklore

  13. Monmouthshire's only stone circle for today's #StandingStoneSunday

    Gray Hill circle is probably the remains of a cairn circle or kerbed cairn. There are two tall standing stone outliers heading uphill. The site has great views down to the Hafren/Severn.

    This visit June 2012.

    #Monmouthshire #StoneCircle #BronzeAge

  14. Some Monmouthshire chambered tomb action for today's #StandingStoneSunday

    Gaer Llwyd ('Grey Fort') Neolithic chambered tomb near Usk. In folklore the tomb was the result of a game of megalithic quoits between Twm Sion Catti and the Devil.

    Visited June 2012, when there was a donkey living in the field.

    #Neolithic #Monmouthshire #Folklore

  15. The remains of the stone chamber of Heston Brake Neolithic long barrow near Portskewett in Monmouthshire for today's #StandingStoneSunday

    The long barrow stands on a little hill not far from the coast of Afon Hafren (Severn).

    Visited on a lovely spring day, March 2012.

    #Wales #Cymru #Neolithic #Monmouthshire

  16. Monmouthshire or Sir Fynwy, edged in red. 7/19 #SirFynwy #Monmouthshire

  17. Made the most of the fine weather in Abergavenny after a Ramblers Cymru meeting and went exploring. The town is almost entirely surrounded by mountains and hills; Blorenge Sugar Loaf & Skirrid Fawr among them. #BannauBrycheiniog #Ramblers #SaturdayFun #Monmouthshire #Abergavenny #Cymru #Wales #SirFynwy #Blorenge #SugarLoaf #SkiridFawr #BannauBrycheiniogNationalPark

  18. Cracking Slow Ways completed today dodging in and out of showery weather. Walkers Are Welcome Crickhowell to Abergavenny primarily following the Brecon & Mon canal. Enjoyed sheltering under canal bridges and a pit stop in Gilwern! #SlowWays #Powys #SirFynwy #WalkersAreWelcome #Crickhowell #Abergavenny #Brecon #Canal #Gilwern #Monmouthshire #Rain #YFenni

  19. There was a fair amount of #snow around #Monmouthshire yesterday. Mynydd Pen-y-fâl in #Abergavenny was looking impressive with its snowy top. #Cymru #Wales

  20. #FensterFreitag #Monmouthshire #Wales I don’t think I’d ever get tired of waking up to that view

  21. #GardenBirdWatch update! A small group of longtailed tits flew up to the feeders last night at dusk and we spotted one this morning that actually obliged to stay around for a photo together with some blue tits well done @ceri for capturing this) #Monmouthshire #Wales

  22. It was blooming lovely to visit Caldicot Community Garden with my colleague Cllr Angela Sandles this week.
    The garden is set at the entrance of the castle park. It's a lovely, welcoming environment and is always looking for volunteers. Why not pop down and fill an hour helping out?
    #Caldicot #Monmouthshire #Gardening

  23. I've been running around #Monmouthshire these past few days. I recommend it.

  24. South Wales for today's #StandingStoneSunday offering:

    Llanfihangel Rogiet standing stone, in Monmouthshire, now hemmed in between the M4 and a busy B-Road, is a 7 foot tall slab of holey limestone. (Portrait, needs a click)

    In folklore, it was hurled across the Hafren/Severn from Portishead by the Devil in a fit of temper.

    Visited July 2010.

    #Monmouthshire #SouthWales #Folklore #BronzeAge

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