NEWCASTLE, CASTLE

Site Details

NPRN
306494
Map Reference
SO41NW
Grid Reference
SO44771728
Unitary (Local) Authority
Monmouthshire
Old County
Monmouthshire
Community
Llangattock-vibon-avel
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval

Site Description

Newcastle is a mutilated oval motte, c.22m by 18m & 6.0m high, set within a roughly D-shaped, ditch defined enclosure, c.40m by 40m.

(source OS495 card; SO41NW3)
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0376-7
RCAHMW AP945053/44-5; 965071/48
J.Wiles 19.09.2002