THERE are some beautiful sites all across Gwent, and the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal is one that spans a lot of the area.

Here are some pictures from across the decades that show off the canal.

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Boats docked at Goytre's part of the canal in July 1974

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An undated peaceful part of the canal near Goytre

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Completion of the Govilon part of the canal in April 1992

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Fourteen Locks Canal Centre in June 1979

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A peaceful part of the canal in Risca in February 1983

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Kevin Phillips, Malcolm Prosser, Stephen Price in front of restored building on Mon & Brecon canal at Llangyndir in December 1993

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A section in Risca in 1980

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Malpas section of the canal in 1976

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The Fourteen Locks in 1979