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thesweetcheat Jul 9, 2011 23:03:00

Replying to Littlestone

- Robert Harris (2003 Sigma Leisure).

Useful book of 26 walks (distances between 4 and 10 miles) to some of Wales' best known prehistoric sites, as well as some more obscure ones. Includes route details, but needs to be accompanied by an OS map to be useful in that respect.

Nicely written by an enthusiast, with lots of black and white lines drawings. 181pp.

thesweetcheat Sep 8, 2012 17:47:36

Replying to thesweetcheat

Subtitled "A Walker's Guide to Gwent, Land of History and Legend"

1984 Regional Publications (Bristol) Limited

Decent walking guide (maps would need to supplemented by the relevant OS 1:25000 to be much use) containing loads of interesting stuff about the old county of Gwent. Chris Barber has written a number of interesting books about Welsh sites, landscape and walking.

Includes 45 walks of varying lengths, dividing the county into distinct areas:

- Black Mountains
- Three Peaks of Abergavenny (Sugarloaf, Ysgyryd Fawr, Blorenge)
- The Vale of Usk
-Wentwood
- The Coastal Plain (i.e the Gwent Levels)
- Western Valleys
- Cobbler's Plain (Trellech)
- The Wye Valley
- Three Castles