KEMEYS INFERIOR, CASTLE EARTHWORK

Site Details

NPRN
307894
Map Reference
ST39SE
Grid Reference
ST38929390
Unitary (Local) Authority
Newport
Old County
Monmouthshire
Community
Langstone
Type of Site
MOTTE AND BAILEY
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Medieval?

Site Description

An apparent motte and bailey, where the mound appears to be a thickening of one angle of the rampart round a sub-rectangular enclosure, c.26m NE-SW by 18m, resting on the NW on steep slopes above the Usk river-plain.
The site is thought to have been reduced by land-slips and is obscurred by a road on the SE.
The site has produced 12-13th c. pottery.
(source Os495card; ST39SE29)
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0413
RCAHMW AP945057/54
J.Wiles 17.02.03