Taith Gylch o Dre-Rhew Fawr - Gastell GwynGreat Tre-Rhew - Whitecastle Circular Trail

Ysgubor Yd, melin a chastell A Corn Barn, a Mill and a Castle

Bwyty’r Walnut Tree Inn - mail@thewalnuttreeinn.co.ukThe Walnut Tree Inn Restaurant

Gwesty’r Hunter’s Moon Inn - 01873 821499Hunter’s Moon Inn - www.hunters-moon-inn.co.uk

Gwely a Brecwast Bwthyn y Rheithordy - 01495 785712Rectory Cottage B&B - karen@oldrectory.fsnet.co.uk

Gwely a Brecwast a Maes Gwersylla - 01873 821268Fferm Tre-Rhew Fawr - trerhew@btopenworld.comGreat Tre-Rhew Farm B&B and Camping

From Llanvetherine to White Castle 2.2miles

From White Castle to Great Tre-Rhew 1.75miles

Each circular walk takes 45 minutesto an hour

Ordnance Survey maps:Landranger 161 (Abergavenny & Black Mountains)OS Explorer 1086

Grid reference at start point:SO380166

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Am fanylion llety yn yr ardal ewch iFor details of accommodation in the area visitwww.greenbeds.adventa.org.uk

Ymddiriedolaeth y Pentref BywRydym yn ymddiriedolaeth sy’n cael ei rhedeg gan wirfoddolwyr,sy’n gwarchod adeiladau o fewn y gymuned. Ein nod yw cynorthwyoi warchod adeiladau cynhenid yn Sir Fynwy wledig. Os hoffechwybod mwy, neu fod yn gysylltiedig â gwaith yr Ymddiriedolaeth,cysylltwch â ni yn ein Swyddfa Cofrestredig (cyfeiriad isod) neu betham ymweld â’r wefan: www.villagealivetrust.org.uk

The Village Alive Trust, Comisiwn Elusennau Rhif 1107216.Aelod o Gymdeithas Ymddiriedolaethau Gwarchod.

The Village Alive TrustWe are a community based building preservation trust, run by volunteers. Weaim to help conserve important vernacular buildings in rural Monmouthshire.

If you would like to know more, or to become involved with the work of the Trust,please visit the web site - www.villagealivetrust.org.uk

The Village Alive Trust Charity Commission No. 1107216.Member of Association of Preservation Trusts.Registered Office: Yew Tree Farm, Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire NP7 8NS

This leaflet has been funded by adventa, Monmouthshire’s LEADER+ ruraldevelopment programme funded by the European Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund, the Welsh Assembly Government and Monmouthshire CountyCouncil. For more information visit www.adventa.org.uk

All content was provided by The Village Alive Trust www.villagealivetrust.org.uk

Whilst every effort is made to ensure accuracy, neither adventa nor The VillageAlive Trust can accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage arising inany way from this information. Nor can they be held liable for any loss, injury ordamage sustained by anyone visiting or walking the trail.

Rheolau Cefn Gwlad. Byddwch cystal â pharchu eiddo a da byw wrth gerddedar lwybrau troed. Caewch gatiau a gwaredwch ar ysbwriel yn briodol. Cymerwchofal arbennig i osgoi perygl ar yr heol. Diolch.

Countryside Code. Please respect property and livestock when walkingfootpaths. Re-close gates and dispose of rubbish appropriately. Take particularcare to avoid road hazards. Thank you.

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Mae’r fferm dal i fod yn ffermweithiol, gyda thair cenhedlaetho’r un teulu yn gofalu am eithirwedd a’i threftadaethadeiledig. Mae ei defnyddparhaol a pharhaus fel cydranallweddol o fferm weithiol yn rhansylweddol o’i gwerth treftadaeth.

Mae’r mwyafrif o’r adeiladaucerrig sydd i’w gweld erbyn hyn,yn dyddio o’r 1600au ac fe’udefnyddiwyd ar gyferamaethyddiaeth am y 500mlynedd diwethaf.

This is still a working farm. Itscontinual and continued use asa key component ofa working farm isa significantpart of itsheritagevalue.

Most of the stone buildings nowvisible originate in the 1600sand have been used foragriculture for the last 500 years.

Llwybr Tir a Chwedlau o Drerhew Fawr i Gastell Gwyn Taith gylch 2.2 milltir oLanwytherin i Gastell Gwynathaith gylch 1.75 milltir o GastellGwyn i Drerhew Fawr.Cerddwch drwy olygfeyddgodidog y bryniau tonnog,clytwaith o gaeau, perthi achoetir sy’n doreth o adar ablodau gwyllt.

Bu fferm a phwll yn NhrerhewFawr ers y 1100au, yn ôlpob tebyg iddarparu blawda nwyddaueraill argyfer yCastellGwyn amtua 300

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Land and Legends Trailfrom Great Tre-Rhew toWhite CastleCircular walk of 2.2 Miles fromLlanvetherine to White Castle anda circular walk of 1.75 Miles fromWhitecastle to Great Tre-Rhew.Walk through superb scenery ofrolling hills, a patchwork of fields,hedges and woodland filled withbirds and wild flowers.

Great Tre-Rhew has been the siteof a farm and a mill since the

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the WhiteCastle foraround300years.

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gerllaw’r Castell Gwyn, a fu’ndarparu cyflenwad hanfodol oflawd i’r garsiwn. Mae’n dyddioyn ôl i’r 14eg ganrif o leiaf, achawsai ei weithredu gansystem o sianelau dwr a phwllmelin i ddarparu pwer i falu ywd.

Great Tre-Rhew Mill is the site ofa water mill close to the WhiteCastle providing vital supplies offlour to the garrison. It datesback at least to the 14th centuryand was operated by a system ofwater channels and a mill pondto provide power to grind corn.

Adeiladwyd Castell Gwyn addechreuodd fel mwnt a beilisyml, i amddiffyn y rhan yma o’rGororau. Byddai marchogiongyda’u gwyr arfog, ceffylau agweision yn cylchwylio cefngwlad o’r safle yma.

Atgyfnerthwyd y gwrthglawddgyntaf o gwmpas 1185 a’Iymestyn yn 1250au a’r 1260aupan gyfnerthwyd pwer y Cymryo dan y tywysog Llywelyn apGruffydd, ond yn sgil eiorchfygiad fe wnaeth concwestdilynol Edward 1 dros Gymru,ddiddymu’r bygythiad, fellydarfod a wnaethswyddogaeth CastellGwyn. Daw ei enwo’r plastrgwyngalch afu’ngorchuddio’Iwaliaugwreiddiol.

White Castle was built to defendthis part of the Welsh Marchesand started as a simple motteand bailey. Knights with theirmen at arms, horses andgrooms, would patrol thecountryside from this base. Theearly earthwork defences werestrengthened around 1185 andenlarged in the 1250s and1260s when Welsh power wasbeing consolidated under princeLlywelyn ap Gruffydd, but hisdefeat and the subsequentconquest of Wales by Edward Iremoved the threat and White

Castle’s role faded. Itsname comes from

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Illustrations and text by Eric Evans.