Portskewett

Also known as Porth Sgiwed, Portskewet, Porthsgiwed, Porthysgewin, Poteschivet

Portskewett ( or ) is a village and community (parish) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles south west of Chepstow and one mile east of Caldicot, in an archaeologically sensitive part of the Caldicot Levels on the Welsh shore of the Severn Estuary. The Second Severn Crossing passes overhead carrying the M4 motorway. The community includes Sudbrook, Crick and Leechpool.

Key facts

UK place.country: Wales
UK place.official_name: Portskewett
UK place.welsh_name: Porthsgiwed / Porthysgewin
UK place.static_image: Portskewett.jpg
UK place.static_image_width: 250px
UK place.static_image_caption: Parish church of St. Mary
UK place.unitary_wales: Monmouthshire
UK place.lieutenancy_wales: Gwent
UK place.constituency_westminster: Monmouth
UK place.post_town: CALDICOT
UK place.postcode_area: NP
UK place.postcode_district: NP26

Article

13 sections

Contents

History and prehistory
Heston Brake
Roman remains
Early Welsh history
The tradition of "King Harold's Palace"
Later history
Black Rock
New Passage Ferry
Lave net fishery
Governance
References
Bibliography
External links

==History and prehistory== thumb|Heston Brake Puddingstone (rock)|puddingstones thumb|Plan of chambered tumulus at Heston Brake, by [[Mary Ellen Bagnall Oakeley (1888)]] ===Heston Brake=== At the eastern edge of the village, in a privately owned field opposite Black Rock Road, very near to the Leechpool turn, is evidence of a significant neolithic chambered tomb or long barrow. A small group of puddingstones mark the entrance of the site known as Heston Brake. Human skeletons, cattle bones and some pottery were discovered in the chamber when it was excavated in 1888.