Alfred Watkins ley

Alfred Watkins ley

The Alfred Watkins ley is a ley line that stretches for 6.4 km (4 miles) across southwest Herefordshire and the Welsh border. It is named after Alfred Watkins.

Points on the line (east to west)

* Monmouth Cap between Llangua and Grosmont in Monmouthshire, gbmapping|SO39202614.
* a ford at gbmappingsmall|SO36702559 near a mound at Llancillo.
* Llancillo Church (gbmappingsmall|SO36622557), in a beautiful setting amongst trees and fields. Dedicated to St. Peter, it has a Norman chancel, a 13th century font, and a Tudor period doorway.
* an ancient chapel at gbmappingsmall|SO34932520.
* a mound that Watkins considered to be a long barrow
* a very large moated mound, gbmappingsmall|SO33982500, thought to be motte and bailey, at the hamlet of Walterstone.
* a ford at gbmappingsmall|SO33182480 on the River Monnow.
* an aligned road.


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