Portskewett
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Portskewett is a village and community (parish) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles south west of Chepstow and one mile east of Caldicot, in an archaeologically sensitive part of the Caldicot Levels on the Welsh shore of the Severn Estuary. The Second Severn Crossing passes overhead carrying the M4 motorway. The community includes Sudbrook, Crick and Leechpool.
Parish church of St. Mary
Heston Brake puddingstones
Plan of chambered tumulus at Heston Brake, by Mary Ellen Bagnall Oakeley (1888)
Severn Bridge as viewed from Black Rock
Chepstow
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Chepstow is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about 2 miles (3 km) above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western end of the Severn Bridge. It is the easternmost settlement in Wales, situated 16 miles (26 km) east of Newport, 28 miles (45 km) east-northeast of Cardiff, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Bristol and 110 miles (180 km) west of London.
Chepstow Castle and 1816 road bridge across the River Wye, seen from Tutshill
Norman doorway of St Mary's Priory Church
Chepstow Town Gate, originally dating from the late 13th century, rebuilt in the 16th century and later restored
View towards the site of the former National Shipyard No.1, in the area covered by the factory buildings and overgrown slipways in the centre of the photograph