Kilgwrrwg

The Welsh placename element cil means a corner, or retreat, usually in a religious context, and the settlement name is suggestive of its Celtic Christian origins. Historically the parish was part of the Hundred of Raglan and was endowed by the Diocese of Llandaff. ==Church of the Holy Cross==

The Church of the Holy Cross at Kilgwrrwg is one of the most remote parish churches in the UK still in regular use. It can only be reached by crossing two fields and a stream from the nearest house. The church is surrounded by a partly curved churchyard, suggesting a Celtic foundation, and has been described as "the most perfect example of an early Christian site". It is thought to have been referred to indirectly in a charter of about 722, cited in the Book of Llandaff. There is also a stone carving of a head, again thought to be pre-Norman and sometimes described as a female fertility figure,"...the little church was in decay; rain and snow penetrated through the roof into the body of the building, and a neighbouring farmer folded his sheep within the walls of God's house. On twelve Sundays in the year, and on those only, was public worship performed in that church; and on those occasions the accumulated filth of sheep and cattle was shovelled out the day before." Davies encouraged the local residents to pay for the re-roofing of the church. Further restoration work was carried out in 1989/90. ==Other buildings==

Kilgwrrwg House is a hall house of the early sixteenth century, with a massive chimney stack of later date. The house is of architectural and historical interest. The small hamlet of Kilgwrrwg Common is located about one mile from the church. Great Kilgwrrwg Farm is also located in the vicinity. ==References==