Newport Castle, Gwent

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Casnewydd; Novus Burgus

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

A late castle probably built by the Earls of Stafford in C14 when Newport became a separate Lordship. The surviving part of the castle comprises the waterfront and consists of three towers connected by a curtain wall containing ornate staterooms. The rest of the castle appears to have been a simple rectangular courtyard with no towers. This has led to the conclusion that it was not completed until C15 when documentary records show considerable expenditure at the castle in response to the Glyndwr uprising. This work appears to have failed as the castle was captured in AD 1402. The references to Newport in Renn and Hogg and King (Early Castles) may refer to a possible earlier castle on this site or to the buried motte at Stow Hill (ST304874)

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Not known if listed listed building protected by law*.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST312884

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; 93389

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 00192g

• Web site links
  • http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/default.asp?id=6&PlaceID=99
    http://www.castlewales.com/newportg.html
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_wales/171/newportcastle.htm
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p628-30
    Pettifer, Adrian, 2000, Welsh Castles, A Guide by Counties (Boydell Press) p134-5
    Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing) p110-11
    Salter, Mike, 1991, The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower (Malvern) p24-5
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus)
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p368-9
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p650-1
    Toy, Sidney, 1953, The Castles of Great Britain (Heinemann) p250-1
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p84-5
    Morgan, 1886, Papers relating to the History of Monmouthshire (Mon. and Caerleon Ant. Ass.)
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p373
    Coxe, W., 1801, Historical Tour in Monmouthshire (London) Vol1 p49-52
    Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p189
    Grose, F., 1756, Antiquities of England and Wales Vol3 p158-9
• Journal Articles
  • Smith, C.E., 2003, 'Castell newydd ar Wysg/A new castle on the Usk' Gwent Local History Vol95 p3-8
    Knight, J.K., 1991, 'Newport Castle' Monmouthshire Antiquarian 7
    [Knight], 1970, Medieval Archaeology Vol14 p180
    Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
    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
    Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp90-121
    Caröe, 1908, The Builder Vol95 p434
    Morgan, 1885, Archaeologia Cambrensis [ser5] Vol2 p270-9
• Guidebooks
  • An anonymous undated sheet has been published by Newport Museum and Art Gallery
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/hertseng.html#mons11]
    Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol3 p45