The Bryn, or Llangattock Nigh Usk (

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: Llangatwg Dyffryn Wysg), is a small village on the left bank of the

River Usk The River Usk (; cy, Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it fl ...

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

, southeast

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. It is accessed by a cul-de-sac minor road from the B4598 road, the reclassified former trunk road between Raglan and

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...

, now replaced by the modern A40 dual carriageway which runs east–west immediately north of the village. On the western edge of the village is St Cadoc's Church, a Gothic perpendicular style

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probably dating from the fifteenth century. The village falls within the administrative community of

Llanover Llanover (; cy, Llanofer) is a village in the community of Goetre Fawr in Monmouthshire, Wales. Location Llanover is located four miles south of Abergavenny just off the A4042 road to Pontypool. The community includes the separate hamlets of ...

. The Usk Valley Walk passes along the riverside path to the south.

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