Literary legends : Poets inspired by the Monmouthshire landscape

Inspiration

  1. Old Station Tintern
    The Old Station nestles beside the River Wye in the heart of the Wye Valley in Tintern. This idyllic 10 – acre site boasts the best of what Monmouthshire has to offer.
    1. 1st Apr 202331st Oct 2023
  2. Tintern Abbey
    Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131 in the beautiful Wye valley village of Tintern. Remarkably complete abbey church rebuilt in the later thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, with extensive remains of cloister and associated monastic buildings.
    1. Llanthony Priory
      Priory of Augustinian canons founded early in the twelfth century in the beautiful and secluded Ewyas valley.
      1. Skirrid Fawr
        Enjoy stunning views over Monmouthshire and Abergavenny from the Skirrid Fawr (Big Skirrid), following a 2 hour (4 mile) circular route from the National Trust car park.
      2. Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths
        The site of the 50-acre (20.3ha) Roman legionary fortress of Isca, the permanent base of the Second Augustan Legion in Britain from about A.D. 75. Impressive remains of the fortress baths, amphitheatre, barracks, and fortress wall.
        1. 1st Apr 202331st Mar 2024

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