Items in Monmouthshire (results page 1)

43.—Harold’s Stones, Trelech, Monmouthshire Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is stated by Rowland, the author of ‘Mona Antiqua,’ that wherever there are heaps of stones of great apparent antiquity, stone pillars are also found near them. This is probably too strong an asse [...]

Keywords: animals, cattle, megaliths, ruins, tombs, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Telech; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-04-26

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Plate 4.—Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire. History of Wales (1853)

Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. W. Bond.Chepstow Castle is near the entrance to the Wye Valley. The region has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Beauty.There is another picture of Chepst [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, water, bridges, boats, trees, arches, people, animals, colour

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-03-06

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Plate 12.—Newport, Monmouthshire. History of Wales (1853)

Drawn by H. Gastineau, Engraved by S. Lacey.

Newport City Council Homepage

Keywords: bridges, water, people, boats, chimneys, towns, castles, colour

Places shown: Newport; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-03-06

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Old Moat of Raglan England Beautiful (1936)

A romantic engraving of a ruined castle with towers and a moat.

See allpictures of Raglan Castle; it is also called Ragland Castle in some of the older books.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, moats, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-05-22

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Plate 15.—Ragland Castle History of Wales (1853)

Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire.Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. Adlard.There are more pictures of Ragland Castle (also called Raglan Castle) in this gallery, and another inOman’s Castles book. T [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, water, people, trees, birds, ducks, towers, overgrown, colour

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-02-25

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Plate 15.—Ragland Castle (Wallpaper Edition) History of Wales (1853)

Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire

Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. Adlard.

This version is cropped to make a screen background (desktop wallpaper); there’s also the originaluncroppedversion.

Keywords: castles, ruins, water, trees, birds, ducks, towers, overgrown, backgrounds, wallpaper, colour

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-02-25

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Skenfrith Castle Castles (1926)

The three castles differ from each other in situation and character. Skenfrith, the smallest of the three, and the one which was least pulled about by its later owners, lies low, at a point where a la [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, overgrown, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Skenfrith; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2007-12-09

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Raglan Castle Castles (1926)

The Main Gateway

Keywords: castles, entrances, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-05-15

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Raglan Castle Castles (1926)

The Tower of Gwent, Water-GateThe castle was started around 1435, by Sir William ap Thomas; it was slighted at the end of the Civil War.There is an older picture ofRagland Castlein theHistory of Wales [...]

Keywords: castles, entrances, towers, water, colour

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-05-15

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Abergavenny Castle Castles (1926)

There has been a castle at Abergavenny since around 1087, but today’s ruins were built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Today there is a gate with barbican and a couple of towers. There are some mode [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, people, colour

Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2003-09-15

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Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey History of Wales (1853)

West Front, Monmouthshire

Drawn by H Gastineau, Engraved by H. W. Bond.

The Abbey now seems to be a hotel.

Llanthony Priory Abbey Hotel

Keywords: abbeys, churches, trees, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-04-07

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Plate 18.—Llanthony Abbey (Wallpaper Edition) History of Wales (1853)

A cropped and resized version ofPlate 18for use as a dekstop background image.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, abbeys, churches, trees, ruins, colour

Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-04-07

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Plate 23.—Llanthony Abbey. History of Wales (1853)

This engraving shows the ruins of Llanthony Priory in Wales.

I have left the sepia tint from the old ink and paper.

Keywords: ruins, churches, abbeys, arches, sheep, animals, people, sepia, widescreen, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2015-01-17

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Tintern Abbey England Beautiful (1936)

A ruined abbey in South-East Wales.

Keywords: churches, abbeys, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-06-06

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62.—Chepstow from the bridge. History of Wales (1853)

An engraving of Chepstow castle from (I think) the bridge over the River Wye.There is also a cropped version showing just theWelsh castle, suitable for 4:3 aspect ratio screens such as ipads and many [...]

Keywords: castles, water, battlements, ruins, towers, trees, water, boats, people, widescreen, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2014-03-28

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Chepstow Castle, 4:3 cropped version History of Wales (1853)

This is a detail from theChepstow From the Bridgeengraving, sized suitably for a background.

Keywords: castles, water, battlements, ruins, towers, trees, water, boats, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2014-03-28

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Plate 73.—Gateway and Bridge, Ragland. History of Wales (1853)

Monnow Bridge and Monnow Gatehouse, in Monmouth.

Keywords: towers, castles, bridges, water, boats, people, clouds, rivers, colour

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2008-10-27

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Plate 74.—Ragland Castle History of Wales (1853)

The Keep of Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire. Drawn by H. Gastineau. Engraved by H. Adlard.The siege and capture of Ragland Castle, by Fairfax, in August, 1646,A. D., when the library, containing a grea [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, bridges, arches, towers, people, colour

Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2003-04-28

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Chepstow Castle Castles (1926)

Martin’s Tower.There is another picture of Chepstow Castle in Woodward’sHistory of Walesbook, and I have typed in Oman’s short account of thehistory of Chepstow Castle. I don’t know how accurate it i [...]

Keywords: castles, entrances, windows, doors, colour

Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2004-03-04

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Overview map of Monmouthshire, Wales Harmsworth’s Encyclopædia (1904)

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2003-02-24

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