Lychgate, Penrhos, Monmouthshire
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Lychgate, Penrhos, Monmouthshire
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 23 Jan 2022
In the SW corner of St Cadoc's churchyard in the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth. Derived from an old English word for a corpse, a lychgate is the roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used to shelter a coffin until the clergyman's arrival for the burial or pre-burial service. This Grade II Listed early 20th century Arts and Crafts style lychgate was erected as a memorial to those killed in the 1914-18 War by volunteers said to have used old oak timbers donated by local community.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.801056
Longitude
-2.848756