请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Newcastle, Monmouthshire
释义

  1. History and amenities

  2. References

{{Infobox UK place
|country = Wales
|welsh_name= Castell-newydd
|static_image=The old schoolhouse, Newcastle - geograph.org.uk - 1241541.jpg
|static_image_width=250px
|static_image_caption= The old schoolhouse at Newcastle
|constituency_welsh_assembly=
|map_type=
|coordinates = {{coord|51.8508|-2.8016|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Newcastle
|unitary_wales= Monmouthshire
|lieutenancy_wales= Gwent
|constituency_westminster= Monmouth
|post_town= MONMOUTH
|postcode_district = NP25
|postcode_area= NP
|dial_code= 01600
|os_grid_reference= SO448173
|population=
}}

Newcastle ({{lang-cy|Castell-newydd}}) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located in quiet rolling countryside {{convert|6|mi}} north west of Monmouth and {{convert|9|mi}} east of Abergavenny, on the B4347 road, within the community of Llangattock-Vibon-Avel.

History and amenities

Newcastle has a Norman motte and bailey castle site, from which it derives its name. Its history is obscure, but it is believed to have been founded by Hugh de Lacy, lord of Ewyas in the 12th century, and in the reign of Edward III it belonged to the Huntley family.[1] The remains of the castle are on private land. The bailey is defended by a banked ditch, but the oval motte and surrounding wet ditch have been damaged by farm buildings.[2] It commands extensive views to the west, towards the valley of the River Trothy.[3]

Pool Farm, nearby, is described as "one of the most completely surviving cruck-trussed hall houses in the county",[3] and is a Grade II listed building.[4] About {{convert|1|mi}} north of the village is the Victorian Palladian mansion of Hilston Park, now used as an outdoor education centre.

References

1. ^Kelly's 1901 Directory of Monmouthshire on Newcastle. Accessed 15 March 2012
2. ^Newcastle at CastleUk.net. Accessed 15 March 2012
3. ^John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, Penguin Books, 2000, {{ISBN|0-14-071053-1}}, p.308
4. ^British Listed Buildings: Pool Farm. Accessed 15 March 2012
{{Monmouthshire-geo-stub}}

1 : Villages in Monmouthshire

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/30 18:23:55