IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Mathern, CHEPSTOW, NP16 6JA
Introduction
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Image Listing (66 Images Found)
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Grade II listed Mathern Lodge, Mathern
Located in the old part of the village, on the eastern approach to the Church of St Tewdric.
The 19th century single-storey lodge may have been built for Mathern Palace.
Grade II listed in October 2000.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 29 Jan 2012
0.01 miles
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Flowers by a saint
Mathern (Merthyr Tewdrig) is a small but very well presented village, with many floral displays. Unsurprisingly, the historic church of St Tewdric is also brightened.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 Aug 2022
0.01 miles
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Wooden carving of St Tewdric the King, Mathern
Located near the perimeter wall of the Church of St Tewdric.
Tewdric or Tewdrig ap Teithfallt was a 6th century king of the post-Roman kingdom of Glywysing, roughly modern-day Glamorganshire. He abdicated in favour of his son Meurig and retired to live as a hermit. He was recalled to lead his son's army against a Saxon force. He won the battle, but was mortally wounded. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3486603
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 29 Jan 2012
0.02 miles
5
A wooden image of a Celtic saint
St Tewdric is said to have been wounded in battle against the Anglo-Saxons in the fifth century; he was returned home but died near this spot, which became his grave and subsequently the church.
A wooden carving stands on the perimeter, bearing a resemblance. The Blue Cedar tree was growing in a cemetery in Chepstow before being worked on by local artist Neil Gow in 2011. It bears the text on the reverse 'Y Brenin a gafodd ei ferthyru' - the King who was martyred.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 Aug 2022
0.02 miles
6
Statue of King Tewdrig at Mathern
Just outside the churchyard, a wooden sculpture of King Tewdrig, by local wood artist Neil Gow. He was a 6th Century king who defeated the Saxons near Tintern. http://www.thecircleoflegends.co.uk/tewdrig.htm
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 22 Jul 2015
0.02 miles
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Lych gate and churchyard, St. Tewdric's, Mathern
Image: © Ruth Sharville
Taken: 23 Jan 2009
0.04 miles
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More history among the tombs
In the middle of St Tewdric's grounds are a number of gravestones and a fragment of a stone building. It is suspected to be the last remnants of a mediaeval priest's house.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 Aug 2022
0.04 miles
9
A little door is all that remains
In the graveyard of St Tewdric is a small stump of a stone building. See CCC for another angle of the curious feature.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 Aug 2022
0.04 miles
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The gate to St Tewdric
The lych gate of the ancient church, probably part of the Victorian restoration.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 Aug 2022
0.05 miles