PRIORY GATEHOUSE, USK
Site Details
- NPRN
- 20702
- Map Reference
- SO30SE
- Grid Reference
- SO37840079
- Unitary (Local) Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Old County
- Monmouthshire
- Community
- Usk
- Type of Site
- GATEHOUSE
- Broad Class
- Defence
- Period
- Medieval?;Post Medieval
Site Description
Gatehouse to Usk Priory (Benedictine Nuns: see Nprn20700), founded in about 1135, dissolved 1536: the gate passage has round-headed arches and a side door, whilst the upper two stories have mullioned windows and pointed gables, apparently early 16th century.
(source Os495card; SO30SE32.4)
J.Wiles 03.02.05
