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Skirrid Fawr, often referred to as just the Skirrid, is an easterly outlier of the Black Mountains in Wales.[1]

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  1. 41 relations: Abergavenny, B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, Beacons Way, Black Hill (Herefordshire), Black Mountains, United Kingdom, Blorenge, Brecon Beacons National Park, British Geological Survey, Chapel, Crucifixion, Devonian, England, Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Herefordshire, Hillfort, Ice age, Iron Age, Jesus, Landslide, List of Marilyns in the British Isles, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Maindiff Court Hospital, Michael (archangel), Michaelmas, Middle Ages, Monmouthshire, Mudstone, National Trust, Old Red Sandstone, Ordnance Survey, Rudolf Hess, Sandstone, Sites and monuments record, Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire, The Modern Antiquarian, The Skirrid Inn, Wales, Welsh Archaeological Trusts, Welsh language, Welsh mythology, Ysgyryd Fach.

  2. Abergavenny
  3. Mountains and hills of Monmouthshire
  4. National Trust properties in Wales
  5. Scheduled monuments in Monmouthshire

Abergavenny

Abergavenny (Y Fenni, archaically Abergafenni meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads.

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Beacons Way

The Beacons Way (Welsh: Ffordd y Bannau) is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.

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Black Hill (Herefordshire)

The Black Hill (also known as Crib y Garth) is a hill (elevation 2100 feet or 640m) in the Black Mountains in Herefordshire, England at.

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Black Mountains, United Kingdom

The Black Mountains (Y Mynydd Du or sometimes Y Mynyddoedd Duon) are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the England–Wales border into Herefordshire.

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Blorenge

Blorenge, also called The Blorenge (Blorens), is a prominent hill overlooking the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, southeast Wales. Skirrid Fawr and Blorenge are mountains and hills of Monmouthshire.

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Brecon Beacons National Park

Brecon Beacons National Park, officially named Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, is a national park in Wales.

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British Geological Survey

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.

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Chapel

A chapel (from cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small.

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Crucifixion

Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death.

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust

The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Archeolegol Morgannwg-Gwent) was an archaeological organisation established in 1975, until its dissolution in 2024, as part of the merger of the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts, into Heneb.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Ice age

An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Landslide

Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.

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List of Marilyns in the British Isles

This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks.

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Llanvihangel Crucorney

Llanvihangel Crucorney (Llanfihangel Crucornau) is a small village in the community (parish) of Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Maindiff Court Hospital

Maindiff Court Hospital (Ysbyty Maindiff Court) is a community hospital near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Michael (archangel)

Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i faith.

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Michaelmas

Michaelmas (also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in many Western Christian liturgical calendars on 29 September, and on 8 November in the Eastern Christian traditions.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south east of Wales.

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Skirrid Fawr and National Trust are national Trust properties in Wales.

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Old Red Sandstone

Old Red Sandstone, abbreviated ORS, is an assemblage of rocks in the North Atlantic region largely of Devonian age.

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Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

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Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sites and monuments record

Each county or unitary authority in the United Kingdom maintains a sites and monuments record or SMR, consisting of a list of known archaeological sites.

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Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire

The Sugar Loaf, sometimes called Sugar Loaf (Mynydd Pen-y-fâl or Y Fâl), is a hill situated north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales and sits within the Brecon Beacons National Park. Skirrid Fawr and Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire are Marilyns of Wales and mountains and hills of Monmouthshire.

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The Modern Antiquarian

The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain is a guide book written by Julian Cope, published in 1998.

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The Skirrid Inn

The Skirrid Inn is a public house in the small village of Llanvihangel Crucorney, approximately north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Welsh Archaeological Trusts

The Welsh Archaeological Trusts (Ymddiriedolaethau Archaeolegol Cymru) were the four archaeological organisations covering Wales, from their establishment in the mid-1970s until their merger into a single archaelogical organisation, Heneb, in 2024.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.

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Welsh mythology

Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium.

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Ysgyryd Fach

Ysgyryd Fach is a hill one mile east of Abergavenny in the county of Monmouthshire, south Wales. Skirrid Fawr and Ysgyryd Fach are mountains and hills of Monmouthshire.

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See also

Abergavenny

Mountains and hills of Monmouthshire

National Trust properties in Wales

Scheduled monuments in Monmouthshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skirrid_Fawr

Also known as Skirrid, Skirrid-fawr, Skyrrid, Ysgyryd Fawr.