{"id":8908,"date":"2020-09-10T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?p=8908"},"modified":"2020-09-15T13:48:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T13:48:39","slug":"next-event-walk-7-llanmelin-hill-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?p=8908","title":{"rendered":"Walk 7 &#8211; Llanmelin Hill Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>Sunday, 13th September 2020<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen walkers turned-up at the Coach and Horses in Caerwent for the latest walk, this time to the Silurian Hill Fort at Llanmelin. Walking past Caerwent&#8217;s roman ruins before crossing the A48 and heading towards Llanfair Discoed, turning off to the hidden valley of the Cwm. Noticing a Queen Victoria post box, some beautiful houses before the steep climb up towards Shirenewton, turning into the woods and eventually finding the hill fort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not much to see especially at this time of year, very overgrown but the outlines could be clearly made out. The return journey was via the same route, with a number of walkers enjoying a drink and Sunday lunch at the Coach and Horses.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos of the day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-1024x638.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8917\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png\" class=\"wp-image-8917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 1223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-1024x715.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8918\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png\" class=\"wp-image-8918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-1024x715.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 1208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1223\" height=\"851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-1024x713.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8919\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3.png\" class=\"wp-image-8919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3.png 1223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1223px) 100vw, 1223px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-1024x707.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8920\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png\" class=\"wp-image-8920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 1222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1024x708.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8921\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png\" class=\"wp-image-8921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-1024x708.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 1230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"691\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8922\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png\" class=\"wp-image-8922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 691w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"686\" height=\"843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8923\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7.png\" class=\"wp-image-8923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7.png 686w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-1024x711.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8924\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8.png\" class=\"wp-image-8924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8.png 1223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-1024x660.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8925\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9.png\" class=\"wp-image-8925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-1024x660.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9.png 1230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/10-1024x712.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8926\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/10.png\" class=\"wp-image-8926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/10-1024x712.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/10-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/10-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/10.png 1231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"677\" height=\"850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/11.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8927\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/11.png\" class=\"wp-image-8927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/11.png 677w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/11-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"691\" height=\"851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/12.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8928\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/12.png\" class=\"wp-image-8928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/12.png 691w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/12-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13-1024x650.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8929\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13.png\" class=\"wp-image-8929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/13.png 1207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"973\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cwm.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8930\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cwm.png\" class=\"wp-image-8930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cwm.png 973w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cwm-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cwm-768x573.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Llanmelin-Wood-Iron-Age-hillfort-Caerwent-south-east-WalesAP_2011_1115-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8931\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Llanmelin-Wood-Iron-Age-hillfort-Caerwent-south-east-WalesAP_2011_1115-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Llanmelin-Wood-Iron-Age-hillfort-Caerwent-south-east-WalesAP_2011_1115-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Llanmelin-Wood-Iron-Age-hillfort-Caerwent-south-east-WalesAP_2011_1115-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Llanmelin-Wood-Iron-Age-hillfort-Caerwent-south-east-WalesAP_2011_1115-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Walkers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Tony Griffiths<\/li><li>Carolyn Griffiths<\/li><li>Rob Stallard<\/li><li>Isobel Brown<\/li><li>Deb Harris<\/li><li>Alun Harris<\/li><li>John Nesbitt<\/li><li>Jane Nesbitt<\/li><li>Julie Jones + 2<\/li><li>Janice Orum<\/li><li>Chris Orum<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, 13th September 2020 Thirteen walkers turned-up at the Coach and Horses in Caerwent for the latest walk, this time to the Silurian Hill Fort at Llanmelin. Walking past Caerwent&#8217;s roman ruins before crossing the A48 and heading towards Llanfair Discoed, turning off to the hidden valley of the Cwm. Noticing a Queen Victoria post [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8908"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8932,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8908\/revisions\/8932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}