not responsible for their maintenance. COMMON
paper March 2011
guarantee access to any of the Mitchel Troy Walks and is
MCC Countryside Service. Printed by Clarke Printers on recycled
ON MITCHEL TROY
The Mitchel Troy Community Group is not able to
Published by Mitchel Troy Community Group with assistance from
PLUS POSTMAN’S PATHS
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grant from Mitchel Troy United Newport/Abergavenny routes. Contact Traveline Cymru
Church Farm Guesthouse
Monmouthshire County Council and a reached by bus numbers 60 and 83 on the Monmouth to
a Community Environmental Grant from Mitchel Troy Church Car Park (at SO492104) can be
has been made possible with the aid of
The publication of this series of leaflets OL14.
conjunction with the Ordnance Survey Explorer Map
Savage and Rosey Ringer who retain the copyright.
It is strongly recommended that the leaflets are used in
The photographs in this leaflet were kindly provided by Elaine
appreciated. permission may be withdrawn at any time.
www.mitcheltroy.com Any comments would be very much walked with the permission of the land-owner. This
Group on 01600 715618 or look on the Paths Group page of
Some of the paths are not Public Rights of Way and are
For further information, please contact Mitchel Troy Local Paths
Consider other people •
Keep dogs under close control • and All Angels
home Church of St Michael
Protect plants and animals, and take your litter •
Leave gates and property as you find them •
Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs •
the Countryside Code:
be on leads and kept strictly under control. Please follow
livestock in some of the fields and dogs should therefore
If you walk with a dog, please be aware that there is
stiles miles and woodland, church and pub
One strenuous ascent and steep descent, farmland, forest 20+ 5 Penallt Loop 10
MITCHEL TROY
stiles miles
Woodland trim trail, fairly flat No 4 Lloysey Loop 2 INTRODUCTION TO
descent stiles miles
Views and history, farmland, one steep ascent and one steep 14 3 Lydart Loop 2
Walks
miles stiles
Views, farmland, one gentle ascent and descent 2 Wonastow Loop 2.5 7
Mitchel Troy
ascent and one steep descent stiles miles Loop
Views, farmland, woodland and country lane, one steep 20+ 3.5 1 Mitchel Troy
with leaflet numbers Summary of the Walks
Summary of the Walks Walks the of Summary with leaflet numbers numbers leaflet with
1 Mitchel Troy 3.5 20+ Views, farmland, woodland and country lane, one steep steep one lane, country and woodland farmland, Views, 20+ 3.5 Troy Mitchel 1 Loop miles stiles ascent and one steep descent Mitchel Troy Troy Mitchel descent steep one and ascent stiles miles Loop 2 Wonastow Loop 2.5 7 Views, farmland, one gentle ascent and descent descent and ascent gentle one farmland, Views, 7 2.5 Loop Wonastow 2 miles stiles Walks Walks stiles miles 3 Lydart Loop 2 14 Views and history, farmland, one steep ascent and one steep steep one and ascent steep one farmland, history, and Views 14 2 Loop Lydart 3 miles stiles descent descent stiles miles 4 Lloysey Loop 2 No Woodland trim trail, fairly flat INTRODUCTION TO O T N O I T C U D O R T N I flat fairly trail, trim Woodland No 2 Loop Lloysey 4 miles stiles MITCHEL TROY Y O R T L E H C T I M stiles miles 5 Penallt Loop 10 20+ One strenuous ascent and steep descent, farmland, forest forest farmland, descent, steep and ascent strenuous One 20+ 10 Loop Penallt 5 miles stiles and woodland, church and pub pub and church woodland, and stiles miles
If you walk with a dog, please be aware that there is is there that aware be please dog, a with walk you If livestock in some of the fields and dogs should therefore therefore should dogs and fields the of some in livestock be on leads and kept strictly under control. Please follow follow Please control. under strictly kept and leads on be the Countryside Code: Code: Countryside the • Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs signs any follow and ahead plan – safe Be • • Leave gates and property as you find them them find you as property and gates Leave • • Protect plants and animals, and take your litter litter your take and animals, and plants Protect • home Church of St Michael Michael St of Church home • Keep dogs under close control and All Angels Angels All and control close under dogs Keep •
• Consider other people For further information, please contact Mitchel Troy Local Paths Paths Local Troy Mitchel contact please information, further For people other Consider • Some of the paths are not Public Rights of Way and are Group on 01600 715618 or look on the Paths Group page of of page Group Paths the on look or 715618 01600 on Group are and Way of Rights Public not are paths the of Some walked with the permission of the land-owner. This www.mitcheltroy.com Any comments would be very much much very be would comments Any www.mitcheltroy.com This land-owner. the of permission the with walked permission may be withdrawn at any time. appreciated. appreciated. time. any at withdrawn be may permission
It is strongly recommended that the leaflets are used in The photographs in this leaflet were kindly provided by Elaine Elaine by provided kindly were leaflet this in photographs The in used are leaflets the that recommended strongly is It Savage and Rosey Ringer who retain the copyright. copyright. the retain who Ringer Rosey and Savage conjunction with the Ordnance Survey Explorer Map Map Explorer Survey Ordnance the with conjunction OL14. The publication of this series of leaflets leaflets of series this of publication The OL14. has been made possible with the aid of of aid the with possible made been has Mitchel Troy Church Car Park (at SO492104) can be a Community Environmental Grant from from Grant Environmental Community a be can SO492104) (at Park Car Church Troy Mitchel reached by bus numbers 60 and 83 on the Monmouth to to Monmouth the on 83 and 60 numbers bus by reached Monmouthshire County Council and a Church Farm Guesthouse Guesthouse Farm Church a and Council County Monmouthshire Newport/Abergavenny routes. Contact Traveline Cymru grant from Mitchel Troy United United Troy Mitchel from grant Cymru Traveline Contact routes. Newport/Abergavenny on 0871 200 22 33 for timetable and bus stops. Community Council. Council. Community stops. bus and timetable for 33 22 200 0871 on PLUS POSTMAN’S PATHS S H T A P S ’ N A M T S O P S U L P Published by Mitchel Troy Community Group with assistance from from assistance with Group Community Troy Mitchel by Published The Mitchel Troy Community Group is not able to ON MITCHEL TROY Y O R T L E H C T I M N O to able not is Group Community Troy Mitchel The guarantee access to any of the Mitchel Troy Walks and is MCC Countryside Service. Printed by Clarke Printers on recycled recycled on Printers Clarke by Printed Service. Countryside MCC is and Walks Troy Mitchel the of any to access guarantee
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not responsible for their maintenance. COMMON
paper March 2011
guarantee access to any of the Mitchel Troy Walks and is
MCC Countryside Service. Printed by Clarke Printers on recycled
ON MITCHEL TROY
The Mitchel Troy Community Group is not able to
Published by Mitchel Troy Community Group with assistance from
PLUS POSTMAN’S PATHS
on 0871 200 22 33 for timetable and bus stops. Community Council.
grant from Mitchel Troy United Newport/Abergavenny routes. Contact Traveline Cymru
Church Farm Guesthouse
Monmouthshire County Council and a reached by bus numbers 60 and 83 on the Monmouth to
a Community Environmental Grant from Mitchel Troy Church Car Park (at SO492104) can be
has been made possible with the aid of
The publication of this series of leaflets OL14.
conjunction with the Ordnance Survey Explorer Map
Savage and Rosey Ringer who retain the copyright.
It is strongly recommended that the leaflets are used in
The photographs in this leaflet were kindly provided by Elaine
appreciated. permission may be withdrawn at any time.
www.mitcheltroy.com Any comments would be very much walked with the permission of the land-owner. This
Group on 01600 715618 or look on the Paths Group page of
Some of the paths are not Public Rights of Way and are
For further information, please contact Mitchel Troy Local Paths
Consider other people •
Keep dogs under close control • and All Angels
home Church of St Michael
Protect plants and animals, and take your litter •
Leave gates and property as you find them •
Be safe – plan ahead and follow any signs •
the Countryside Code:
be on leads and kept strictly under control. Please follow
livestock in some of the fields and dogs should therefore
If you walk with a dog, please be aware that there is
stiles miles and woodland, church and pub
One strenuous ascent and steep descent, farmland, forest 20+ 5 Penallt Loop 10
MITCHEL TROY
stiles miles
Woodland trim trail, fairly flat No 4 Lloysey Loop 2 INTRODUCTION TO
descent stiles miles
Views and history, farmland, one steep ascent and one steep 14 3 Lydart Loop 2
Walks
miles stiles
Views, farmland, one gentle ascent and descent 2 Wonastow Loop 2.5 7
Mitchel Troy
ascent and one steep descent stiles miles Loop
Views, farmland, woodland and country lane, one steep 20+ 3.5 1 Mitchel Troy
with leaflet numbers Summary of the Walks Introduction to Mitchel Troy OS Explorer Map OL14 Car park at SO492104 SO492104 at park Car OL14 Map Explorer OS Troy Mitchel to Introduction
This leaflet is an introduction to five walks in the Mitchel cross, which stands next to the path on steps. Its shaft has Postman’s paths paths Postman’s has shaft Its steps. on path the to next stands which cross, Mitchel the in walks five to introduction an is leaflet This Troy area that include a short family and dog friendly walk in chamfered edges set with devices of shields and ball-flowers, Up on Mitchel Troy Common, there are a number of footpaths footpaths of number a are there Common, Troy Mitchel on Up ball-flowers, and shields of devices with set edges chamfered in walk friendly dog and family short a include that area Troy the forest combined with a trim trail, a walk on the other side which are repeated inside the church on the pulpit and and green ways that link the various farms and houses. Most Most houses. and farms various the link that ways green and and pulpit the on church the inside repeated are which side other the on walk a trail, trim a with combined forest the of the Trothy Valley from the village, a walk through history reredos. of these have existed for hundreds of years, but in recent recent in but years, of hundreds for existed have these of reredos. history through walk a village, the from Valley Trothy the of with great views, a steep walk up to possibly the best view in Stocks that formerly stood outside the church wall are now history they were well used by the local postman as shortcuts shortcuts as postman local the by used well were they history now are wall church the outside stood formerly that Stocks in view best the possibly to up walk steep a views, great with Monmouthshire, and a long, quite strenuous, walk through located inside the church. across the Common. These paths are shown in red on the the on red in shown are paths These Common. the across church. the inside located through walk strenuous, quite long, a and Monmouthshire, farmland and woodland to view the bluebells in Spring (and (and Spring in bluebells the view to woodland and farmland Mitchel Troy map below. below. map Troy Mitchel other colourful flora and fauna in the rest of the year). The The year). the of rest the in fauna and flora colourful other Mitchel Troy may mean Little Troy, with Mitchel being a form form a being Mitchel with Troy, Little mean may Troy Mitchel walks are set out in five leaflets, as shown on the chart The map also indicates the first part of the paths in leaflets 1, 1, leaflets in paths the of part first the indicates also map The chart the on shown as leaflets, five in out set are walks of mickle, or it may derive from the Welsh name, Llanfihangel Llanfihangel name, Welsh the from derive may it or mickle, of overleaf, with the distance, number of stiles and a brief 2, 3 and 5, and the direction to the start of the path in leaflet leaflet in path the of start the to direction the and 5, and 3 2, brief a and stiles of number distance, the with overleaf, Troddi, which means the church of St Michael on the Trothy. Trothy. the on Michael St of church the means which Troddi, description. 4. All leaflet maps are based on Ordnance Survey using the the using Survey Ordnance on based are maps leaflet All 4. description. Trothy or Troy comes from the Welsh “troi” meaning ‘twist’ or or ‘twist’ meaning “troi” Welsh the from comes Troy or Trothy Church of St Michael and All Angels same keys for footpaths, bridleways, permissive paths and and paths permissive bridleways, footpaths, for keys same Angels All and Michael St of Church ‘turn’. ‘turn’. Apart from the Lloysey Loop, all walks begin at the church restricted byways. byways. restricted church the at begin walks all Loop, Lloysey the from Apart car park in Mitchel Troy, so do take time to visit the Church Church the visit to time take do so Troy, Mitchel in park car of St Michael and All Angels with its medieval lych-gate. lych-gate. medieval its with Angels All and Michael St of Little remains of the former early thirteenth century church. church. century thirteenth early former the of remains Little Key: Key: The tower was built in 1414 and has a stone on the south south the on stone a has and 1414 in built was tower The - - - - = Postman’s Paths Paths Postman’s = - - - - wall with the inscription “ORATE PEO GODEFRIDO ET ET GODEFRIDO PEO “ORATE inscription the with wall IOHANNE”. Nothing is known of its origin but it may be a a be may it but origin its of known is Nothing IOHANNE”. = Mitchel Troy Loop No 1 1 No Loop Troy Mitchel = foundation stone. At one time there was a spire on the top � � top the on spire a was there time one At stone. foundation but in the eighteenth century this fell through the roof, roof, the through fell this century eighteenth the in but possibly after being struck by lightning, � = Wonastow Loop No 2 2 No Loop Wonastow = � lightning, by struck being after possibly and demolished the north aisle. In In aisle. north the demolished and the tower are three ancient bells bells ancient three are tower the = Lydart Loop No 3 3 No Loop Lydart = with inscriptions bearing the � � the bearing inscriptions with names of rectors and d n a s r o t c e r f o s e m a n churchwardens from 1656 to 1723. � = Loysey Loop No 4 4 No Loop Loysey = � 1723. to 1656 from churchwardens A very extensive rebuild took place in in place took rebuild extensive very A the 1870s by John Pritchard, the � = Penallt Loop No 5 5 No Loop Penallt = � the Pritchard, John by 1870s the diocesan architect. Inside there is a large Norman font, with with font, Norman large a is there Inside architect. diocesan = Other public footpaths footpaths public Other = an octagonal stem, and an ornate Victorian font gifted at the ------the at gifted font Victorian ornate an and stem, octagonal an time of the re-consecration in 1876. — — = Other bridleway bridleway Other = — — 1876. in re-consecration the of time The ‘Ancient Cross’ mentioned in The National Gazetteer of of Gazetteer National The in mentioned Cross’ ‘Ancient The
� = Other restricted byways byways restricted Other = � Great Britain and Ireland (1868) and in Kelly's Directory for for Directory Kelly's in and (1868) Ireland and Britain Great
Monmouthshire,1901, is a fourteenth century preaching © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved (100023415 ) (2011) (2011) ) (100023415 reserved rights All Copyright. Crown © preaching century fourteenth a is Monmouthshire,1901,
Monmouthshire,1901, is a fourteenth century preaching
© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved (100023415 ) (2011)
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) and in Kelly's Directory for
� = Other restricted byways
The ‘Ancient Cross’ mentioned in The National Gazetteer of
— —
= Other bridleway time of the re-consecration in 1876.
an octagonal stem, and an ornate Victorian font gifted at the
- - - - = Other public footpaths
diocesan architect. Inside there is a large Norman font, with
�
= Penallt Loop No 5 the 1870s by John Pritchard, the
A very extensive rebuild took place in
�
churchwardens from 1656 to 1723. = Loysey Loop No 4
names of rectors and
with inscriptions bearing the
�
= Lydart Loop No 3
the tower are three ancient bells
and demolished the north aisle. In
�
possibly after being struck by lightning, = Wonastow Loop No 2
but in the eighteenth century this fell through the roof,
foundation stone. At one time there was a spire on the top
�
= Mitchel Troy Loop No 1
IOHANNE”. Nothing is known of its origin but it may be a
wall with the inscription “ORATE PEO GODEFRIDO ET
- - - - = Postman’s Paths
The tower was built in 1414 and has a stone on the south
Key:
Little remains of the former early thirteenth century church.
of St Michael and All Angels with its medieval lych-gate.
car park in Mitchel Troy, so do take time to visit the Church
Apart from the Lloysey Loop, all walks begin at the church
restricted byways.
‘turn’.
Church of St Michael and All Angels
same keys for footpaths, bridleways, permissive paths and
Trothy or Troy comes from the Welsh “troi” meaning ‘twist’ or
4. All leaflet maps are based on Ordnance Survey using the
description. Troddi, which means the church of St Michael on the Trothy.
2, 3 and 5, and the direction to the start of the path in leaflet
overleaf, with the distance, number of stiles and a brief of mickle, or it may derive from the Welsh name, Llanfihangel
The map also indicates the first part of the paths in leaflets 1,
walks are set out in five leaflets, as shown on the chart Mitchel Troy may mean Little Troy, with Mitchel being a form
other colourful flora and fauna in the rest of the year). The
Mitchel Troy
map below.
farmland and woodland to view the bluebells in Spring (and
across the Common. These paths are shown in red on the located inside the church.
Monmouthshire, and a long, quite strenuous, walk through
history they were well used by the local postman as shortcuts Stocks that formerly stood outside the church wall are now
with great views, a steep walk up to possibly the best view in
of these have existed for hundreds of years, but in recent
of the Trothy Valley from the village, a walk through history reredos.
and green ways that link the various farms and houses. Most
the forest combined with a trim trail, a walk on the other side which are repeated inside the church on the pulpit and
Up on Mitchel Troy Common, there are a number of footpaths
Troy area that include a short family and dog friendly walk in chamfered edges set with devices of shields and ball-flowers,
Postman’s paths This leaflet is an introduction to five walks in the Mitchel cross, which stands next to the path on steps. Its shaft has
Introduction to Mitchel Troy OS Explorer Map OL14 Car park at SO492104