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St. Maur Gardens, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5LT

Entrance gates to The Mount, probably mid 19th century. Four tall rectangular iron piers supporting double gates and similar narrow pedestrian gates on either side. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=27107 Chepstow, the most easterly town in Wales, is located on the tidal River Wye, some 3 miles above its confluence with the River Severn. There is evidence of continuous human occupation from the Mesolithic period. The town grew in importance when the Normans erected a castle at what was the lowest bridging point of the River Wye. The town flourished as a port, being exempt from English taxation, and it mainly traded in timber and bark from the Wye Valley. The town became an important centre for tourism from the late eighteenth century.

The River Wye, looking upstream, seen from the castle. On a ridge above the River Wye stands Chepstow Castle, the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Begun in 1067, the castle was added to over the centuries and, as its military importance waned, it was converted into domestic accommodation and used for other purposes. Now in the care of Cadw, the castle ruins are a popular tourist attraction. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2475 A Scheduled Ancient Monument with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/sam/FullReport?lang=&id=3137

Viewed from the edge of Welsh Street. There is also an entrance to the leisure centre on the Chepstow Comprehensive School side. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3295721