Llanddewi Skirrid ( cy, Llanddewi Ysgyryd) is a village in

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, south east

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, United Kingdom.

Location

Llanddewi Skirrid is located north east of

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on the old B4521 road to

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History and amenities

The

Skirrid Ysgyryd Fawr ( en, Skirrid) is an easterly outlier of the Black Mountains in Wales, and forms the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The hill is often referred to locally as just The Skirrid. The smaller hill of Ysgyryd Fa ...

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overlooks the village and parish. The Skirrid is a stand-alone mountain, an outlier of the

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and the most easterly mountain within the

Brecon Beacons National Park The Brecon Beacons National Park ( cy, Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales. It includes the Black Mountain (range), Black Mountain ...

. The Church of St David is of

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origins but was almost completely rebuilt in the 19th century by

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for the local landowner

Crawshay Bailey, Junior Crawshay Bailey Junior (1841 – 17 April 1887) was one of the great landowners of Wales towards the end of the 19th century. The son and namesake of industrialist and iron-master Crawshay Bailey, he inherited all of his father's lands and propert ...

. ''

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was opened in the early 1960s, and eventually became

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red for its Italian/Welsh fusion cuisine. After the original owner retired, it was taken over by his son. After losing its Michelin rating it was featured on the

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television show ''

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.'' It closed in 2007 before reopening with new owners, and was later named the best restaurant in Britain, and was awarded a fresh Michelin star in 2010.BBC News, "Four Welsh restaurants bask in Michelin star glory", 18 January 2010
Retrieved 19 October 2013

References

External links

A local community website

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanddewi Skirrid and surrounding area
Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub