| Pen-y-clawdd | |
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  Pen-y-clawdd Location withinMonmouthshire | |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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Pen-y-clawdd is a village inMonmouthshire, south eastWales, situated betweenRaglan andMonmouth. The village is the site of a medieval fortification and there is a historic church with an ancient cross in the churchyard which is ascheduled monument.
Pen-y-clawdd is located about two miles east ofRaglan and five miles southwest ofMonmouth, on the unclassified road leading fromUsk to Monmouth, and to the east of theA449 trunk road.[1]
The site of a possible medievalringwork castle has been identified near the village atgrid referenceSO457073.[2] Pen-y-clawdd was granted manorial status in 1349 when it washeld by half a Knight's Fee by Walter de Kymbard from Lawrence de Hastings.[3]
TheChurch of St Martin is the parish church. The church is constructed in a "mixture ofPerpendicular andDecorated" styles[4] and is aGrade II* listed building as of 27 November 1953.[5] The churchyard contains a churchyard cross which is ascheduled monument.[6] The church consists of a chancel, nave, porch and a tower with a stone roof. There is astained glass east window. The register dates from 1727.[7] The tower contains one bell, cast by Evans of Chepstow in 1793, with the inscription "Success to this City". A restoration took place in 1885-86 and a sepulchral slab, dated to the 14th century, was discovered. Additionally the tower was raised by about 8 feet (2.4 m), and the chancel benches, navebox pews and benches, two-deckerpulpit and reading desk were all removed.[8]
Pen-y-clawdd House, a third of a mile south-east of the village, is described by Newman as "notable only for the plain but nobly scaled red brick arch, dated May 1861."[9] The house is not listed but the range of outbuildings, including the 17th century barn, is listedGrade II.[10]
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