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Caldicot Castle is a medieval fortress situated in Monmouthshire, south Wales, founded in the late eleventh century as a Norman stronghold. The castle comprises a substantial stone keep within a series of defensive baileys, with later medieval additions including a gatehouse and curtain walls that demonstrate the evolution of military architecture from the Norman period through to the fourteenth century. The site served as an important centre of lordly power controlling the coastal plain of Gwent, and its fortifications reflect both its strategic significance and the considerable resources invested in its construction and maintenance. The unoccupied portions of the castle preserve significant archaeological and architectural evidence of medieval domestic and defensive functions, making it a valuable record of Norman and medieval Welsh castle development.
Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM050. View the official record →
Caldicot Castle is a medieval fortress situated in Monmouthshire, south Wales, founded in the late eleventh century as a Norman stronghold. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM050.
Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts) dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a castle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM050.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure revealed by Aerial Photography (1.2 km), Harold's House (site of) (1.3 km), Sudbrook Camp and Sudbrook Chapel (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts)'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Caldicot Castle (unoccupied parts) stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.