:Glangrwyney

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Glangrwyney or Glangrwyne is a village {{convert|2|mi}} southeast of Crickhowell in Powys, Wales. The village is where the Grwyne Fawr has its confluence with the River Usk, southeast of the Sugar Loaf and at the junction of the road from Gilwern with the A40 trunk road.Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL13 'Brecon Beacons National Park: eastern area' Glangrwyney is in the Vale of Grwyney Community for administrative purposes. The village is built upon the sands and gravels of a dissected alluvial fan which extends into the floodplain of the Usk, together with till derived from the former Usk Valley glacier.{{cite web | url=http://mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html | title=Geology of Britain viewer | British Geological Survey (BGS) | access-date=11 April 2020 | archive-date=2 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202013758/http://mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html | url-status=dead }}

Facilities in the village include a village hall and The Bell public house. The former army training camp of Cwrt y Gollen is on the western edge of the village.

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Category:Villages in Powys

Category:Black Mountains, Wales

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