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Abergavenny Town Walls
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Y Fenni
In the community of Abergavenny.
In the historic county of Monmouthshire (Modern authority
of Monmouthshire, preserved county of Gwent).
Some lengths of C13 stone wall survive. Oval area on ridge, c.350m by 215m, castle at the point. Murage grants for the town are recorded in AD 1241-6 and AD 1259 - 64 as well as 1285 and 1314 -19. It is thought that the latter two grants refer to the line of the town wall that is clearly delineated in the modern property boundaries of the town.
This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid
Reference is SO29901415
National Monuments Record number; 306259
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 01757g
Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p27, 95, 158, 273
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences', in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116 [plan]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p290
Barley M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p201
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co) p245-6
Bradney, J.A., 1904-33, History of Monmouthshire (London) Vol1 p152-3
Journal Articles
- Clarke, S. and Bray, J., 2003, 'The Norman town defences of Abergavenny' Medieval Archaeology Vol27 p19-36
Clarke, S.H., 2001, 'The Norman Defences of Abergavenny: A Watching Brief at Cross Street' Archaeology in Wales Vol41
1999, 'Abergavenny Town Wall' Monmouth Archaeology
Ashmore, P.J. and Ashmore, F.M., 1972-3, 'Excavations at Abergavenny Orchard site, 1972' Monmouthshire Antiquarian Vol3 (2) p104-110
Radcliffe, F. and Knight, J., 1972-3 'Excavations at Abergavenny, 1962-1969, II: medieval and later' Monmouthshire Antiquary Vol3 (2) p65-103 esp77-9
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
1965, Medieval Archaeology Vol9 p198
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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