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Llanfair Kilgeddin

Nearest town: Abergavenny

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Mary the Virgin

Diocese: Monmouth

County: Monmouthshire

Country: Wales

Grid ref: SO35590866

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 22-Nov-97

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Church in Wales

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 7m+, Lost

Notes: Llanfair Kilgeddin's church is found one and a half miles from the village in a remote location surrounded by farmland. The late medieval church is no longer considered safe to use as a place of worship, though it is still maintained. The age of the yews suggests a site of worship here long before the present church, whose origins are mid to late 14th century. It has been taken into the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.

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