Penrhos Castle motte, Monmouthshire
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Penrhos Castle motte, Monmouthshire
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 24 Mar 2013
A fine surviving motte mound, surrounded by a double bank and ditch arrangement and sited in a very commanding position with extensive outlook a few miles north of the much larger and much more famous Raglan Castle. Once a Norman administrative centre of a sub-lordship of Abergavenny, to the west.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.814204
Longitude
-2.858288