Abergavenny, Mons. - Holy Mountain / Ysgyryd Fawr - Photochrom 1934 local pmk

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Abergavenny & Holy Mountain, Monmouthshire
• Publisher:  Photochrom Co Ltd.
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  George V 1d. red
• Postmark(s):  Abergavenny 20 May 1934
• Sent to:  Mr Foster, 14 Croft Road, Coventry
• Notes / condition: 

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Abergavenny (Welsh: Y Fenni), meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles (24 km) west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles (10 km) from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches. The town contains the remains of a medieval stone castle built soon after the Norman conquest of Wales.

Abergavenny is promoted as the ""Gateway to Wales"".^[1][2] Situated at the confluence of a tributary stream, the Gavenny, and the River Usk, it is almost surrounded by two mountains – the Blorenge (559 m)^[3] and the Sugar Loaf (596 m)^[4] – and five hills: Ysgyryd Fawr (The Skirrid), Ysgyryd Fach (Skirrid Fach), Deri, Rholben and Mynydd Llanwenarth, known locally as ""Llanwenarth Breast"". It provides access to the nearby Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park. The Offa's Dyke Path is close by and the Marches Way, the Beacons Way and Usk Valley Walk all pass through the town.

Ysgyryd Fawr is the most easterly of the Black Mountains in Wales, part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The name is often anglicised to The Skirrid or Skirrid Fawr, and the mountain is also known as Holy Mountain or Sacred Hill. The spelling Skyrrid is also encountered in older literature. The lower hill of Ysgyryd Fach or 'Little Skirrid' (270m) lies about 4.5 km / 2.5 mi to the south.

It is 486 m high and lies just outside Abergavenny [1], Monmouthshire, about 10 miles from the English border. The Beacons Way passes along the ridge .^[1]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=wales

county/ country=monmouthshire

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period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

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