Pen y Clawdd Castle
Monmouthshire, Wales
Pen y Clawdd Castle is a motte in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Abergavenny Castle, 3.9 mi away.
Pen y Clawdd Castle at a glance
Type
Motte
Heritage status
scheduled monument
National Monument of Wales
Nearest castle
Abergavenny Castle
3.9 mi away
Castles in Monmouthshire
14
Wales
About Pen y Clawdd Castle
Pen y Clawdd Castle is a ditched mound with a double moat, roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of approximately 28m to 30m and about 2.4m high. The castle is in Llanvihangel Crucorney, about five miles to the north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in south east Wales and lies between the Usk and Monnow rivers.
From the Wikipedia article on Pen y Clawdd Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pen y Clawdd Castle sits at 51.8753, -3.0039 in Monmouthshire. The closest other castles are Abergavenny Castle (3.9 mi), White Castle (4.8 mi) and Longtown Castle (5.7 mi). Monmouthshire has 14 castles in all.
