Featured: Hare and Tabor T Shirts for discerning antiquarians

Hare and Tabor T Shirts for discerning antiquarians

Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

Who's Online

There are currently, 558 guests and 1 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Other Photo Pages >> Twyn Tudor (Mynyddislwyn) - Artificial Mound in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by Sunny100 on Saturday, 20 November 2010  Page Views: 13367

Multi-periodSite Name: Twyn Tudor (Mynyddislwyn) Alternative Name: St Tudor's Mound
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.303 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Monmouthshire Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Abercarn  Nearest Village: Mynyddislwyn
Map Ref: ST193938
Latitude: 51.637194N  Longitude: 3.167497W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

Internal Links:
External Links:

Mound or tumulus located about 50 yards south of St Tudor's church, Mynyddislwyn. The origins of this site are now quite vague, but according to legend, the mound was raised in the so called Dark Ages - sometime between the 5th-7th century CE and was probably a pagan site, before a church was founded here. In the Middle Ages a small motte and bailey castle was built on top of the mound, though there is no trace of this today.

The grassy mound, eroding away on its lower flanks, is now only 10 feet in height, but originally it was probably much higher. However, the village itself is 1,000 feet above sea-level. According to local legend, the mound is where St Tudor lies buried along with long lost treasure. Roman soldiers are also said to be buried inside the mound. Another legend says that a giant is buried here.

Even the saint himself is lost in the mists of time; only his name survives. But it seems St Tudor (Tudur) was a local king or chieftain who ruled these parts in the Dark Ages.

One other interesting legend tells of a local man who tried to dig into the mound in the hope of finding the hidden hoard of treasure, but when a thunderstorm arrived from nowhere, he became so terrified that he ran away and never returned.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Andy B has found this location on Google Street View:

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST1993 : Twyn Tudur/Tudor's Mound, Mynyddislwyn by Robin Drayton
by Robin Drayton
©2009(licence)
ST1993 : Twyn Tudor mound at Mynyddislwyn by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2012(licence)
ST1993 : Twyn Tudur by Alan Hughes
by Alan Hughes
©2021(licence)
ST1993 : Twyn Tudur, Mynyddislwyn by M J Roscoe
by M J Roscoe
©2016(licence)
ST1993 : Twyn Tudur by Graham Horn
by Graham Horn
©2008(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 2.2km W 271° Stone near Tyle-Gwyn, Wyllie Standing Stone (Menhir) (ST17069386)
 2.6km WSW 241° Mynydd Bach Cairn 2* Round Barrow(s) (ST17019259)
 2.9km SW 229° Pont Bren Gwyn Ring Cairn (ST17089194)
 3.0km SW 219° Twyn Cae-Hugh* Round Barrow(s) (ST17379149)
 3.1km SW 233° Mynydd Bach Cairnfield Cairn (ST16799200)
 3.1km SW 233° Mynydd Bach Cairn. Cairn (ST16799197)
 3.2km SW 231° Mynydd Bach Cairn 1 Cairn (ST16799182)
 3.3km SSW 200° Twyn-Yr-Oerfel B* Round Barrow(s) (ST18109068)
 3.3km SSW 195° Twyn-Yr-Oerfel A* Round Barrow(s) (ST18399058)
 4.9km SE 140° Begwns Cairn (ST22379000)
 5.0km ESE 103° Twm Barlwm* Hillfort (ST24209260)
 5.2km ESE 101° Twm Barlwm Round Cairn Round Cairn (ST244927)
 5.7km WSW 238° Bryn Owen Farm Cairns Cairn (ST144908)
 5.9km E 100° Mynydd Henllys* Barrow Cemetery (ST251927)
 6.0km ESE 107° Henllys Complex Barrow Cemetery (ST2592)
 6.0km N 1° Twyn-Yr-Oerfel 1 Round Barrow(s) (ST195998)
 6.3km WSW 243° The Bryn Earthwork Ring Cairn (ST13619105)
 6.3km WSW 241° The Bryn Cairn (ST13689082)
 6.4km ESE 117° Rogerstone 2 Round Barrow(s) (ST250908)
 6.7km WSW 250° Waun Deiliaid Ring Cairn (ST12939162)
 6.7km ESE 113° Rogerstone 1 Round Barrow(s) (ST255911)
 6.8km NNW 338° St Sannan's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO16860011)
 6.8km SE 135° Twyn Pant-Teg Round Barrow(s) (ST240889)
 6.8km SE 137° Twyn Pant-Teg Cairn (ST239888)
 7.1km ESE 116° Risca Round Cairn (ST257906)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Mill of Knockdee

Keyhole Sink >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe, Bradley

Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe, Bradley

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Twyn Tudor (Mynyddislwyn)" | Login/Create an Account | 3 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Twyn Tudor (Mynyddislwyn) by Cwmnant on Tuesday, 09 January 2024
(User Info | Send a Message)
Tudor ap Howel. Mynyddislwyn.
Trying to find out more about this warrior who became a priest ?
Local legend says his 'Cell' was on Mynydd y Lan, near to the old ruin of Hafod Tudor Ganol farm. (National Resources land now ) and local legend says he ended up being buried in the mound next to the Church.

Hywel = ?


Tewdwr = ?
?

Mynydd y Lan Common

Thanks, Tony.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Twyn Tudor (Mynyddislwyn) by Sunny100 on Saturday, 20 November 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)
Thanks for that Street View Andy, it shows the mound and the church up very closely. Cheers.
[ Reply to This ]

Twyn Tudor Street View by Andy B on Saturday, 20 November 2010
(User Info | Send a Message)

View Larger Map
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.