Llangibby Motte

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; The Bowling Green; Llangybi; Tregrug

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

A low and level bank, c.44-48m in diameter, set about the interior of a sub-oval, ditched and counterscarped enclosure, is thought to represent a bowling green established on the earthworks of a castle. There is an outer ditched enclosure, c.60m N-S by 46m, on the E. Castle first mentioned c.1262, believed to have been superceded by Llangybi Castle in early C14. The earthwork was planted as part of the grounds of Llangibby House

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST36969735

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Monuments Record number; 307862

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 00336g

• Web site links
  • http://www.castlewales.com/llangiby.html
• Books
  • Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p131
    Salter, Mike, 1991, The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower (Malvern) p21
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p285
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p362
• Journal Articles
  • King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Chateau Gaillard Vol3 p90-127
    Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
    Perks, J. and King, D.J.C., 1956, Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol105 p99-100