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Gallery. References. Sources. External links. Monmouth Castle. Coordinates: 51.8125°N 2.7167°W. 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 .
- 1067; 956 years ago
- William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford
- Ruin
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Overview. Ruined castle with a regal history. It’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.
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A local man's diary for 1647 records that on 30 March the townsmen and soldiers began pulling down the great round tower, which stood where Great Castle House now stands, and that on 22 December 'about 12 o'clock, the Tower in the castle of Monmouth fell down, upon its side, whilst we were at sermon'. The Great Castle House, built in 1673 by ...
Monmouth Castle, part of which remains in use as a regimental headquarters and museum The only known example of an original Monmouth cap, dating from the 16th century, on display at Monmouth Museum After the end of Roman rule in Britain , the area was at the southern edge of the Welsh kingdom of Ergyng .
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