Group of 3 chest tombs W of church of St Meugan is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 December 1998. Chest tomb.
Group of 3 chest tombs W of church of St Meugan
- WRENN ID
- carved-wall-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1998
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Group of 3 chest tombs W of church of St Meugan, Llanfeugan, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 086 245
- Coordinates
- 51.91177, -3.32968
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located west of the church of St Meugan. The tomb of William Morris features a plain slab with an inscription that is partly in English and partly in Welsh. It has wide pilasters on either side and a moulded plinth. The tomb of John Williams has a deep plain slab set on a coursed rubble base, while the tomb of Edward Morris consists of a tomb slab resting on a coursed stone base.
Local climate
Group of 3 chest tombs W of church of St Meugan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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