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Monmouth Castle

Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of , the county town of , on a hill above the in south-east .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: 11th-century castle in Monmouth, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Castell Trefynwy”
  • Address: Castle Hill, Monmouth, NP25 3BS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Castle House and Shire Hall.

Museum
Photo: Philbly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former town house built on the site of part of Monmouth Castle in . Amongst the town's most significant buildings, it has a Grade I listing and is one of 24 sites on the Monmouth Heritage Trail.

Historic building
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , , , is a prominent building on Agincourt Square in the town centre. It was built in 1724, and was formerly the centre for the assize courts and quarter sessions for . is situated 390 feet east of Monmouth Castle.

Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is located on Castle Hill in , , . The museum is in a wing of , a listed building on the Monmouth Heritage Trail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Overmonnow and Dixton.

Suburb
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of the town of , in , which is located to the west of the and the . It developed in the Middle Ages, when it was protected by a defensive ditch, the Clawdd-du or "Black Dyke", the remains of which are now protected as an ancient monument.

Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village located 1 mile north east of , on the banks of the , in , south east . The parish originally comprised the two manors of Newton and Hadnock, on either side of the river.

Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of , , located less than 1 mile north of the town centre. It was the site of one of the first public electricity generating stations in Britain, using water power from the .

Monmouth Castle

Latitude
51.8123° or 51° 48′ 44″ north
Longitude
-2.7169° or 2° 43′ 1″ west
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
9C3VR76M+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 167782318
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287111
Wiki­data ID
Q525635
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Monmouth Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Castell Trefynwy”
  • Basque: “Monmouth gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Monmouth”
  • Cebuano: “Monmouth Castle”
  • Chinese: “蒙茅斯城堡”
  • Czech: “Monmouth Castle”
  • Danish: “Monmouth Castle”
  • Dutch: “Monmouth Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Monmouth”
  • Faroese: “Monmouth Borgin”
  • French: “château de Monmouth”
  • French: “Château de Monmouth”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Monmouth”
  • German: “Monmouth Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת מונמות‘”
  • Hindi: “मॉनमाउथ किला”
  • Hungarian: “Monmouthi vár”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Monmouth”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Monmouth”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Monmouth”
  • Japanese: “モンマス城”
  • Latin: “Castellum Monemutense”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Monmouth”
  • Russian: “Замок Монмут”
  • Russian: “Монмут”
  • Slovenian: “grad Monmouth”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Monmouth”
  • Swedish: “Monmouth Castle”
  • Ukrainian: “Монмут”
  • Ukrainian: “Монмутський замок”
  • Urdu: “مانماؤتھ قلعہ”
  • Welsh: “Castell Trefynwy”

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