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Dingestow Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Monmouthshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of South Wales in the late eleventh century. The monument comprises a substantial mound with an associated bailey, representing a typical early Norman defensive settlement established to control the local landscape and consolidate territorial gains. The site reflects the strategic importance of the area during the period of Norman expansion into Wales, when such earthwork castles served as the primary administrative and military centres for newly conquered lands. The earthwork remains substantially intact, preserving evidence of this formative period in medieval Welsh history.
Dingestow Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM113. View the official record →
Dingestow Castle is a motte-and-bailey earthwork located in Monmouthshire, Wales, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of South Wales in the late eleventh century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM113.
Dingestow Castle dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a motte. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Dingestow Castle 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 MM113.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Early Iron Furnace in Woolpitch Wood (6.6 km), Tump Terrett Castle Mound (6.7 km), Harold's Stones, Standing Stones (6.8 km).
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