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Newport (Welsh: Trefdraeth, meaning: "town by the beach") is a town, community, electoral ward and ancient port of Parrog, on the Pembrokeshire coast in West Wales at the mouth of the River Nevern (Welsh: Afon Nyfer) in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Newport, Pembrokeshire . Following the death of the ruler of Deheubarth, Rhys ap Tewdwr, his lands were seized by the Normans.Most of Northern Dyfed, except for lands owned by the Bishop of St. Davids—Dewisland—was taken by Martin de Turribus, [1] who became the first Marcher Lord of Kemes. [2]
Pembrokeshire is the fifth-largest county in Wales, but has more scheduled monuments (526) than any except Powys. This gives it an extremely high density of monuments, with 33.4 per 100 km 2. (Only the tiny county boroughs of Newport and Merthyr Tydfil have a higher density).
Carreg Coetan Arthur is a neolithic dolmen near Newport in North Pembrokeshire, Wales. [1] Carreg Coetan Arthur dates from around 3000 BC and is the remains of a Neolithic burial chamber (also known as a quoit). The remains consist of a 4-metre-long capstone on smaller supporting rocks. It would have originally been earth covered, but this has ...
Newport is a city and county borough in the south of Wales.It covers an area of 190 km 2 (73 sq mi) [1] and in 2021 the population was approximately 159,700. [2]The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022.
Newport Lifeboat Station was located at Cwm Dewi, a cove in Parrog, a district of the town of Newport, sitting at the mouth of the River Nevern, approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of Fishguard, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. [1] A lifeboat was first stationed at Newport by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1884. [2]
Newport Castle (Welsh: Castell Casnewydd) is a ruined castle in Newport, Wales. It was built in the 14th century, probably by Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester or his son-in-law, Ralph, Earl of Stafford , with the purpose of managing the crossing of the River Usk .
Newport is the third-largest principal authority with city status in Wales, and sixth most populous overall. [4] Newport became a unitary authority in 1996 and forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, [5] and the Cardiff Capital Region. Newport has been a port since medieval times when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans.