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Monmouth Town Walls and Defences
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Mingui; Clawdd Du
In the community of Monmouth.
In the historic county of Monmouthshire (Modern authority
of Monmouthshire, preserved county of Gwent).
Apart from one tower incorporated into the Nags Head public house no upstanding remains of the town walls of Monmouth survive (murage grants of 1295 and 1315), however excavations have located almost the entire circuit of the defence. Clawdd Du, Over Monnow is a prominant ditch, with traces of a bank, extending c.550m but obscured at either end, enclosing the suburb of Over Monnow, across the Monnow Bridge from Monmouth. Excavation in 1966 indicated that the work was of two phases, divided by a layer provisionally dated 1250-1350. The outstanding surviving bridge gate is listed separately (qv) because of it particular interest.
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.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid
Reference is SO509129
National Monuments Record number; 306510
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 01229g, 01262g
Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p27, 48, 95, 132, 143, 272
Andrew Marvell (ed), 2001, Investigations along Monnow Street, Monmouth (British Archaeological Reports BAR 320)
Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p133-4
Salter, Mike, 1991, The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower (Malvern) p24
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
Kissack, K.E., 1974, Medieval Monmouth (Monmouth Hist and Educ Trust)
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p207
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co) p244
Bradney, J.A., 1904-33, History of Monmouthshire Vol1 p7, 16
Bagnall-Oakeley, 1896, Papers on Monmouth Castle (Mon. and Caerleon Ant. Ass.) p47-59
Coxe, W., 1801, Historical Tour in Monmouthshire (London) Vol2 p302-3
Journal Articles
- Clarke, S.H., Jackson P. and R., 1992, 'Archaeological Evidence for Monmouth's Roman, and Early Medieval Defences' Archaeology in Wales Vol32 p1-6
Shoesmith, 1973, Archaeology in Wales Vol13 p53-4
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
[Clark], 1967, Medieval Archaeology Vol11 p296
Guidebooks
- Taylor, A.J., 1951, Monmouth Castle (HMSO) p10-13
Bagnell-Oakeley, 1896, The Fortification of Monmouth (Monmouth)
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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