Abergavenny, Holy Mountain 1898
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In medieval times a chapel dedicated to St Michael stood on the 1595ft summit of Skirrid Fawr, Holy Mountain. Among many legends locally were that its soil had healing properties and that the cleft in its western slopes occurred at the time of the Crucifixion. It is also possible that its Welsh name, Ysgyryd, comes from ysgariad, meaning 'separation' or 'divorce'. Archdeacon Coxe, who wrote a famous account of his travels through the county in 1801, reached the summit of the Skirrid 'with animation and lassitude, horror and delight'. Certainly any worshippers at the summit chapel must have found reaching the elevated site a challenge too.
An extract from Around Alton Photographic Memories.
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