Trostrey Castle

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Ringwork), and also as a Possible Masonry Castle

There are earthwork remains

NameTrostrey Castle
Alternative Names
Historic CountryMonmouthshire
Modern AuthorityMonmouthshire
1974 AuthorityGwent
CommunityGwehelog Fawr

Possible remains of 11th century manorial hall and circa A.D. 950 pre-Norman round house. (Coflein)

Moated platform site of possible stone castle of 1255 which replaced earlier earth ringwork. Geoff Mein has uncovered fairly substantial masonry remains on the moated platform, with indications that the castle went through several phases of alterations. (Gatehouse thanks David Maynard for the excavation information.)

'The finds stretch back to prehistory and the suggested castle was a wooden palisaded ring-work set on top of a slighted Roman fortlet. Later stone construction has been dated to the mid C13' (Mein 1991 p. 47 quoted in Phillips)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO359043
Latitude51.7341117858887
Longitude-2.92929005622864
Eastings335950
Northings204300
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Books

  • Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p. 256 (listed as possible)
  • Prior, Stuart, 2006, A Few Well-Positioned Castles: The Norman Art of War (Tempus) p. 110-164
  • Phillips, Neil, 2006, Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250 (British Archaeological Reports) p. 340
  • Salter, Mike, 1991, The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower (Malvern) p. 33
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 289

Journals

  • Mein, A.G., 1991, 'Trostrey Castle' Archaeology in Wales Vol. 31 p. 47-48
  • Mein, A.G., 1988, 'Excavations at Trostrey Castle near Usk' Monmouthshire Antiquarian Vol. 5.3 p. 98-9
  • Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 119 p. 119-124 (possible)

Other

  • Phillips, Neil, 2005, Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250 (PhD Thesis University of Sheffield) Download