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Monmouth Castle (Welsh: Castell Trefynwy) is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales. Once an important border castle, and birthplace of Henry V of England , it stood until the English Civil War when it was damaged and changed hands three times before being slighted to prevent it being ...
Ruined castle with a regal historyIt’s a surprise to find this ruin, tucked away as it is in a lane off Monmouth’s main shopping street. Strategically located at crossings of the River Wye and River Monnow, only a few fragments – ruins of the 12th-century Great Tower and 13th-century hall – remain of this once-important castle.
About Monmouth Castle (Cadw) Strategically located at crossings of the River Wye and River Monnow, only a few fragments – ruins of the 12th-century Great Tower and 13th-century hall – remain of this once-important castle. It was founded in the 11th century by Norman lord William fitz Osbern, and by the mid-14th century was in the hands of ...
Monmouth Castle is strategically located at crossings of the River Wye and River Monnow. Only a few fragments – ruins of the 12th-century Great Tower and 13th-century hall – remain of this once-important castle. It was founded in the 11th century by Norman lord William fitz Osbern, and by the mid-14th century was in the hands of Henry of ...
Monmouth Castle came into the possession of Henry Bolingbroke and became a royal residence when he became King Henry IV of England in 1399. His son, Henry of Monmouth, was born in the castle gatehouse in 1386. He later became Henry V and was famous for winning the Battle of Agincourt in France.
The Castle and Regimental Museum tells the story of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers - the only present-day regiment to have survived from the Militia. From a muster in 1539 it evolved into a Posse Comitatus and, after enduring sieges in the Civil War, was a Militia Regiment for two centuries. In 1877 it became a Reserve Engineer ...
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Monmouth Castle occupies a large rocky outcrop overlooking the River Monnow upstream of its confluence with the River Wye. The mound is an irregular shape, with a pronounced curve on the north-west corner, and measures a substantial 80 metres by 100 metres, roughly speaking.
