Llangattock Lingoed is a small rural village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/143710 in Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...

, south east Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

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Location

Llangattock Lingoed is located approximately five miles north of Abergavenny

Abergavenny

Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...

, between Abergavenny and Grosmont

Grosmont, Monmouthshire

Grosmont is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales near Abergavenny.- History :Grosmont Castle is a major feature of the village and was the birthplace of Henry, 1st Duke of Lancaster. St...

, a few miles south of the Wales-England border. Offa's Dyke Path

Offa's Dyke Path

Offa's Dyke Path is a long distance footpath along the Welsh-English border. Opened in 1971, it is one of Britain's premier National Trails and draws walkers from throughout the world...

 passes through the village. The village is near the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Amenities & History

Llangattock Lingoed has a church http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/142043 dedicated to http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/441187 Saint

Saint

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 Cadoc

Cadoc

Saint Cadoc , Abbot of Llancarfan, was one of the 6th century British Christian saints. His vita twice mentions King Arthur. The Abbey of Llancarfan, near Cowbridge in Glamorganshire, which he founded circa 518, became famous as a centre of learning...

 and both the village and the church have a long and interesting history sandwiched as they are in the Welsh Marches

Welsh Marches

The Welsh Marches is a term which, in modern usage, denotes an imprecisely defined area along and around the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods...

 between border castles and the historical personalities holding sway at any given time.

The Cistercian Way

Cistercian Way (Wales)

The Cistercian Way is a waymarked, circular, long distance footpath, which circumnavigates Wales linking the Cistercian historic sites of the Principality. The whole route is in total some long....

 long distance footpath that circumnavigates all of Wales also passes through the village.

External links

• The parish name