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Kemeys Inferior, Castle Earthwork

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NPRN307894
Map ReferenceST39SE
Grid ReferenceST3892093890
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNewport
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityLangstone
Type Of SiteMOTTE AND BAILEY
PeriodMedieval
Description
A motte and bailey, where the mound appears to be a thickening of one angle of the rampart around a sub-rectangular enclosure, about 26m north-east by south-west by 18m resting, on the north-west, on steep slopes above the Usk river-plain.
The site is thought to have been reduced by land-slips and is obscurred by a road on the south-east.
The site has produced 12-13th c. pottery.
Sources:
OS record card ST39SE29.
RCAHMW air photos: 94-CS-0413; 945057/54.

J.Wiles 17.02.03