Penterry Church
A waymarker on the Tintern’s Hid- den Histories Trail
A Tread and Trot way marker.
The Angidy Valley
on the hillside to your right. It looks likealeveltrack which winds around thehillside, crossingasmall aquaduct and continuingtoyour left. go rightoverthe bridge (4) (justbelowcross
farm)and followthe road around keeping the ponds on your
left.the upper wireworks(5) were located on thebend andthe stone walls on theright abovethe road arenow theonlyevidence marking thesite. In theearly 1800s ironmasterrobert thompsonowned this wireworks andastringof industrialsites stretchingdownthe valley from here. hundreds of people were employed in these hot, heavyindustries. At thenextjunction keep right, signposted for
tintern, and continueonthe road down the Angidy valley foraboutamile. look outonthe left for theruins of Abbey tinternfurnace,a17th century ironworks(6), which is nowascheduled ancient monument. on theright hand sideofthe valley stands therow of furnacecottages, once home to many of themen whoworkedhere, and their
families.this area is alsolittered with cinder waste from the furnace. look outfor lumpsofironinany molehills. If youare on foot youcan take thefootpath off
to theright (7) beyond thecottages(signposted glynwood). this is agood placetowatch for dippersand other wildlife. walk on past adam and
keep the stream on your
left.therewas another mill here–the
tiltingMill.the footpath now follows theroute of theleatwhich carriedwater from the furnacepond down the valley to chapel and Middle tongsMill.justbeforethe houseson thelefttwo channels runoff to theleft. this was to feed thewaterwheelsatchapel Mill and the Middle wireworks(8). At theroadturnleftand walk down hill to join themain road and turnright. horsesand bikes should continuealongthe road past thepond untilreachingthe housesonthe right, includingchapel cottage,which mayhave been the siteofchapel Mill (8). the route nowcontinues along theroadwith theAngidyonyour right. look outfor crowncottages, thesiteofanother mill,on your right. Alittlefurther along is theformer bible christians’ church and valley house (9), which was probablyanironmaster’s home. nowlook outfor aforesttrack on the left (10)
which climbsuphill.(If yougopastthe cherry tree youhave gone toofar.) take this left turn. thereisa steady climb uphill into lower halewood. At a‘t’ junction of forest tracks turnleftand continueuphill until reachingacross roadsoftracks, with abarrier on the
left.Keep straightonuphill to upper hale wood and eventuallyout ontoametalled road (11). turn rightalongthe road and take thenextleftafter about100
metres.carry on along theroad, passing
whitelye common reserve (12) on theright. followthe road around to theright,keepingthe old chapel (13) on your right. Keep on this road past a turningonyour left and around aright hand bend until youreach asharp left hand bend. forlongdistancewalkers, or forridersand
cyclistwantingtoextendtheir route,between points 13 and 14 thereisthe opportunityto connecttothe whitestone,whitebrook andthe wye trail,which starts at whitestone car parkin bargainwood. forthose continuingthe tinternroute,onthe
bend take thepathonyour right(14), signposted tinternand continuebackintothe wood. very soon the path splits.takethe righthand track, passing over asmall stream and sign to barbadoesgreen on the
left.this exotic name maycome from thewest Indiacompany; twoproprietors of thewestIndia company were livinginthis area in
the1850s.the Morris familyoftintern were alsowell connected with thecaribbean. continuestraightonupthe hill until youreach
ajunction of three paths.takethe firstpathon your left until it reachesthe main forestry track. go straightonuphill.takethe second turningonyour rightalongastony trackuntil youreach crossroads. head straightacross, and continueunder thefir trees. stay on this track until youstart to descend to
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