Maindee Camp
Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Ringwork)
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Maindee Camp |
| Alternative Names | Casnewydd; Newport |
| Historic Country | Monmouthshire |
| Modern Authority | Newport |
| 1974 Authority | Gwent |
| Community | Beechwood |
A roughly oval enclosure, c.70m E-W by 50m, much mutilated through the construction of houses and gardens. A summerhouse stood within the enclosure, c.1800. (Coflein)
Built over & mutilated; may be a small hill top camp, but more probably a ring-motte with bailey to E. An unclassified or doubtful site. Maindee Camp has been now been near destroyed as a result of development over much of the site. Records from 1909 (Arch Camb 6th Ser 9 1909 p. 372) describe the earthwork as nearly circular in shape with a diameter of 250ft and is univallate with no sign of a ditch. Excavations produced two stone axes.
In 1953 a site visit, as recorded on the OS card states that the feature 'has been extensively mutilated by the erection of modern houses…It is impossible to differentiated between ancient, natural and modern artificial slopes. At no point was there any trace of a ditch or complete rampart. The earthwork is unusually small for any type of defensive camp and Dr Savory's classification (as a ring-motte with bailey to the east) is possibly correct; however no substantiating classifiable material has been recorded. (Wiggins 2006)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | ST330885 |
| Latitude | 51.5912590026855 |
| Longitude | -2.96885991096497 |
| Eastings | 333040 |
| Northings | 188580 |
