Photography by John Ball - 4 June 1998 (with Agfa ePhoto-307 digital camera)

I discovered this 150-year-old Welsh Chapel at Cwmwysg in the valley of the River Usk, a mile or two downstream from the Usk reservoir, and about two miles west of the village of Trecastle. (Cwmwysg is Welsh for "Usk Valley")

Image 1:

Approaching the chapel from the Trecastle road.

Image 2:

Saron Independent Chapel. The present building was erected in the 1850s.

Image 3:

The extensive graveyard behind the chapel is still in use and well cared for.

Image 4:

The chapel is protected by the hills each side of the Usk Valley.