Smaller Projects....

Cross Ash Well House

(GR SO406199)

The unusual stone pyramid building is still in working order as a well house and was the village’s source of water before the mains supply was installed. The small building can easily be viewed from the road (layby nearby) and now carries a plaque commemorating its restoration by the Trust.

This second well house restoration at Cross Ash was unveiled on Easter Saturday 2006.

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Cross Ash Well Cross Ash Well

Llanfair Cilgoed Grange

(GR SO390192)

The site of the ancient chapel has been cleared of undergrowth and enclosed with railing to prevent damage by stock.

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Llanfair Railings

Traveller's Seat Stone

Letravane Seat Stone(GR SO425183)

Near Lettravane Farm, at a sharp bend on what was once the main stage coach route from London via Gloucester and Brecon to Milford Haven, this stone marks the site of a seat for waiting travellers.

The inscription reads:

Travellrs Seat, erected 1780, to New Inn 2 miles, from thence to Crickhowell 13½ miles, Brecon miles 12, to Ross miles 10 from thence to Gloucester miles 16, from Gloucester to Brecknock 54 miles

There is no reference to Abergavenny, which suggests that here a road branched off to go via Llanfihangel Crucorney and so avoid the town. This, and the distance of two miles, would be consistent with "New Inn" being the one at which the Trust has restored the well house.

The stone and the inscription had become badly eroded. The Trust funded temporary removal and restoration work on the stone and the provision of more adequate protection from the weather now it has been returned.

Little Cwm Cider Mill

(GR 358199)

A little further along the lane beyond Cwm Farm Cider House, are the remains of another cider house. The site has been tidied and the mill stones set up to show how they would once have been.