Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales
Llanthony Priory
Capel-y-Ffin
According to Roderick, a phantom monk has been sighted in the area of Capel-y-Ffin, which lies about 4 miles north of Llanthony. The figure was standing in the middle of the road that runs from the Skirrid Inn to Capel-y-Ffin and "dressed in the garb of a Benedictine monk".
It has been suggested that this could be one of the monks that once occupied nearby Llanthony Priory.
Pictured left is Capel-y-Ffin courtesy of James Woolley.
Capel-y-Ffin,
Abergavenny,
Monmouthshire,
NP7 7NP.
For further information, please read Haunted Gwent by Alan Roderick.
Llanthony Priory
Llanthony Priory (Welsh: Priordy Llanddewi Nant Hodni) is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory under the care of Cadw. Entrance is free.
The ruins are reputedly haunted by the ghost of a monk that was allegedly murdered there during the time of the Reformation. The apparition has been sighted, a coughing heard from within the ruins and also the sensation of encountering an "icy terror".
Roderick also recounts a supernatural vision that was said to have taken place there in 1880.
Pictured left is Llanthony Priory courtesy of Pam Fray.
Capel-y-Ffin,
Abergavenny,
Monmouthshire,
NP7 7NP.
For further information, please read Haunted Gwent by Alan Roderick.
Location
Visitor Information
Llanthony (Welsh: Llanddewi Nant Honddu) is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales.
It is located in the Vale of Ewyas, a deep and long valley with glacial origins within the Black Mountains, 7 miles north of Abergavenny.
Pictured above left is Llantony Priory courtesy of Neil Booth. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
