Mynde Wall plaque, Caerleon
Introduction
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Mynde Wall plaque, Caerleon
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 24 Aug 2018
The plaque on the wall here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5950240 records that in 1839 after the failure of petitioning the Government, some men of Britain and especially South Wales sought to change the voting system and extend the right to vote, through marches and demonstrations - known as the Chartist Uprising. John Jenkins, owner of the Mynde House and Master of Ponthir Tinplate Works, concerned for his property, constructed the Mynde Wall to keep marauding demonstrators out. The wall on which the plaque is fixed is what remains of his efforts.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.60928
Longitude
-2.952905