St. Maughans ( cy, Llanfocha) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east

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, United Kingdom.

Location

St. Maughans is located three miles north west of Monmouth.

History and amenities

St. Maughans is close to the

River Monnow The River Monnow ( cy, Afon Mynwy) marks the England–Wales border for much of its length. After flowing through southwest Herefordshire, England, and eastern Monmouthshire, Wales, its confluence with the River Wye is approximately south of ...

and the border with

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. The parish contains the Hilston Park. The village has a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

, the Church of St Maughan dedicated to Saint Maughan, which dates from the 12th or 13th century and has a distinctive local

dovecote A dovecote or dovecot , doocot ( Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pige ...

belfry. The church was much restored by architect J. P. Seddon in 1865/6.Church of St Maughan, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 March 2016. The village has given its name to the St. Maughans Formation, the lowest Devonian rocks of the

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References

External links

Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901
* Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub