Stone Flowers
This September when traveling through the Gospel Pass on the way back from Hay-on-Wye to Abergyvenny , we stopped to visit Capel-Y-Ffin.
In a remote valley it is a curious sight, described by the Revd Francis Kilvert ( in the 1800's) as 'squatting like a stout grey owl among its seven great black yews'.
It was built in 1762 replacing an older 15th Century structure, and it is said that before that it may have been an even earlier religious site. The ancient yews may even pre-date these both these structures and it would be nice to imagine them as surrounding a Druid place of worship.
In the church yard , the majority of the grave-stones were from the 19th century decorated with lovely representations of flowers . The quality of the carving was very skillful and the flowers were recognizable as roses or lilies as well as many other botanical subjects.
One of the ancient yews enclosing the chapel.
On this stone there are roses and (maybe) Forget-me-nots.
A lily and roses.
Roses and a wheat-sheaf and sickle.
In a remote valley it is a curious sight, described by the Revd Francis Kilvert ( in the 1800's) as 'squatting like a stout grey owl among its seven great black yews'.
It was built in 1762 replacing an older 15th Century structure, and it is said that before that it may have been an even earlier religious site. The ancient yews may even pre-date these both these structures and it would be nice to imagine them as surrounding a Druid place of worship.
In the church yard , the majority of the grave-stones were from the 19th century decorated with lovely representations of flowers . The quality of the carving was very skillful and the flowers were recognizable as roses or lilies as well as many other botanical subjects.
One of the ancient yews enclosing the chapel.
On this stone there are roses and (maybe) Forget-me-nots.
A lily and roses.
Roses and a wheat-sheaf and sickle.
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