View SE of St Woolos Cathedral, Newport, Wales, UK, showing C15th tower (R) joined to Norman nave (L) by St Mary's Chapel, site of pre-Conquest church

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View SE of St Woolos Cathedral, Newport, Wales, UK, showing C15th tower (R) joined to the Norman nave (L) by St Mary's Chapel, site of the pre-Conquest church. Around AD500 the formerly pagan Gwynllyw (Woolos) was persuaded by his son, St Cattwg (Cadog, Cadoc), to build a wattle church here on Allt Wynllyw (Stow Hill) where Gwynllyw & his wife St Gwladys had their fortified home. The Galilee chapel (now St Mary's Chapel) leading into the Norman nave marks the site of the wattle church & contains pre-Conquest features including (possibly) Roman Corinthean columns taken from Caerleon.

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Size: 3796px × 4961px
Location: St Woolos Cathedral, Stow Hill, Newport, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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