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Llanfair Discoed Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Llanvair Discoed

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

In the grounds of a house above the church are the overgrown fragments of a castle. The cylindrical towers suggest a date in the C13, when the FitzPayn family held the lordship followed by the Monthermers by the end of the century. The best preserved tower is at the SE angle, and the stretch of straight wall joining it to the W has robbed operlings a first-floor hall or chamber was sited here, protected by a ditch and bank to the S. Further W, a smaller tower on a flared base, from which a solid wall runs N-wards. This probably connected with the remains of the apparently free-standing tower immediately to the W, and formed part of a twin-towered gateway. The flat inner court to the N is further defined only by a high, featureless chunk of wall on its E side.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST44579241

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National Monuments Record number; 307984

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 00996g

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This record last updated on Saturday, January 20, 2007

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