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Hostelries with HISTORY

Just criminal

ales’ oldest pub, The Skirrid Inn, has been around since 1110 and is also prone to ghostly sightings from its grim history – more than 180 felons were hanged in its former courtroom in the 17th century. Situated in Llanvihangel Crucorney, just five miles north of Abergavenny, today the pub’s ancient wood-panelled restaurant, stone walls and open fires

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