Church of St Brynach - Bell Tower - Nevern, Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
N 52° 01.525 W 004° 47.712
30U E 376833 N 5765386
Saint Brynach's church, Nevern is a Church of Wales, Parish church with a 12th century Bell Tower, which has two-light bell-openings in each wall, below the crenullated parapet. The medieval Church is located in Nevern, Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
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Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/01/2016
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Saint Brynach’s Church, standing proudly in front of a large tree-covered hill where, long ago, early Welsh chieftains & later Norman barons, lived in a fortified stronghold, now known as Nevern Castle.
The location has been an active place of Christian worship for over 1,500 years. Services are still held on a regular basis so one can assume the presence of at least one Bell in the Tower, as required in Anglican & Catholic churches in the UK, since 1552 AD.
"Nevern's attractive church is named after St Brynach of Pembrokeshire who founded a place of worship here in the 5th century.
In the churchyard stands one of the finest Celtic crosses in Britain, dating to the 10th century.
Around the year 540 AD St Brynach built a chapel in the lovely Afon Nevern valley. Brynach was born in Ireland, but settled in Pembrokeshire, where he met St David.
St Brynach's church, Nevern is a 15th century Church. The tower is broad with a battered plinth, has small two-light bell-openings and a corbelled embattled parapet. The nave has a 1864 blue lias ashlar porch. The south aisle is unusually two-storey, with a priest's chamber in the loft. There is a fine 1864 Bath stone font and pulpit. A curious cross-inscribed stone with unusual knotting is reused in south aisle window sill and there is another inscribed stone on the adjoining sill, both are in Latin and Ogham and were found in 1906 in the wall leading to priest's chamber." Text Source: (
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