The Gatehouse website record for Llanfair Discoed Castle

In the community of Caerwent. In the historic county of Monmouthshire (Modern authority of Monmouthshire, preserved county of Gwent).

In the grounds of a house above the church are the overgrown fragments of a castle. The cylindrical towers suggest a date in the C13, when the FitzPayn family held the lordship followed by the Monthermers by the end of the century. The best preserved tower is at the SE angle, and the stretch of straight wall joining it to the W has robbed operlings a first-floor hall or chamber was sited here, protected by a ditch and bank to the S. Further W, a smaller tower on a flared base, from which a solid wall runs N-wards. This probably connected with the remains of the apparently free-standing tower immediately to the W, and formed part of a twin-towered gateway. The flat inner court to the N is further defined only by a high, featureless chunk of wall on its E side.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST44579241

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's National Monument Record (Coflein) number is 307984
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 00996g 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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