Llancayo
{{Short description|Village in Monmouthshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Llancayo
| type = Village
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Llancaeo
| static_image_name = File:Llancayo Mill.jpg
| static_image_caption = Llancayo Mill in course of restoration, 2008
| coordinates = {{coord|51|43|N|2|55|W|display=title|region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
| unitary_wales = Monmouthshire
}}
Llancayo ({{langx|cy|Llancaeo}}) is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located two miles north of Usk on the B4598 road to Abergavenny, in the community of Llanarth.
History and amenities
Llancayo Mill is situated in fields visible from the road. It was built around 1813{{cite web|url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/cbaresrep/pdf/079/07906001.pdf |title=Welsh corn mills — the past, present, … and future? |author= Gerallt D Nash |publisher= ads.ahds.ac.uk |accessdate=22 June 2009}} and destroyed by fire by about 1830.John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, 2000, {{ISBN|0-14-071053-1}} The local story is that the miller left the mill gears engaged when he went to market, and when the wind changed direction the mechanism overheated, igniting the surrounding timber.[http://llancayowindmill.com/history.html History of the mill]Fred Hando, Monmouthshire Weekly Argus, 22 August 1959 A Monmouthshire poet, Myfanwy Haycock, wrote a poem about the now disused windmill. It has now been fully restored, with working sails, for use as a "luxury retreat".[http://llancayowindmill.com/index.html Windmill restoration project]
The River Usk flows close by.
References
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External links
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/55792 A photo of Llancayo Mill]
- [http://llancayowindmill.com/millpoem.html Myfanwy Haycock's poem]
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Category:Villages in Monmouthshire
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