DescriptionCoed-dias ('the wood of revenge'), a name now applied to a nearby house. It is said to have been the place where Morgan ap Owen ambushed Richard de Clare and killed him in 1135.
Sources: J.A.Bradney, History of Monmouthshire, vol.1, 1907, p.247; W.Coxe, Historical Tour in Monmouthshire, 1801, p.226.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 06 October 2006.