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Capel Newydd

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 02079g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Blaenavon
Unitary authority : Torfaen
NGR : SO27010767
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Chapel
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
The chapel was of rectangular form, measuring internally about 32ft x 16ft. Whithin the chapel was debris and an old bell. The chapel figures on maps published in the first decade of the C17th and it is mentioned in a deed of 1628. It was possibly buil

Description :
The chapel was of rectangular form, measuring internally about 32ft x 16ft. Whithin the chapel was debris and an old bell. The chapel figures on maps published in the first decade of the C17th and it is mentioned in a deed of 1628. It was possibly built prior to the Reformation. By the year 1863 Capel Newydd had ceased to be used, and in c1904 only the foundations of the walls were to be seen.

The remains of the chapel are orientated E-W and consist of grass covered banks which show a stone content. The banks average 2.5m wide and .4m high. There are no visible remains of an entrance. The interior is grass covered. At the E end is a small modern cross and calvary on which is incised 'Capel Newydd before 1577.'

Sources :
02/PM List/Cadw/1994/SAM Lists
01/MM Record Card/OS/1957

Events :
E006724 : Land to the west of Varteg Road, Blaenavon (year : 2020)

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Compiled date : 16-02-1988


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