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Graig Foel, Llanbadoc

In the community of Llanbadoc.
In the historic county of Monmouthshire (Modern authority of Monmouthshire, preserved county of Gwent).

A partial castle ringwork is located on a steep-sided spur projecting from high ground above the flood-plain of the Usk. A roughly semi-circular area measuring 16.5m (NW-SE) by 13m is bounded on the NE by the scarp edge, the top of a steep, wooded slope, and elsewhere by a bank 10m-12m wide and up to 3m high above an external rock-cut ditch 1.5m deep and 2m wide at base. Internally the bank is 1.5m high on the NW but only 0.4m on the SE where the slope of the nose of the ridge steepens markedly. A 4.5m gap on the SE between the end of the bank and the scarp edge is probably the site of the entrance.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO36950102

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

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Good for general location

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Monuments Record number; 91945

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 02330g

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This record last updated on Saturday, January 20, 2007

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