Trostrey ( cy, Trostre) is a small hamlet and parish in
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
, in southeast
Wales located about north/northwest of
Usk.
History
Excavations at the castle in 2000 found evidence of burial cairns from the
Neolithic and
Bronze Age periods.
An 11th-century earthen
motte-and-bailey
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to ...
castle was replaced in the 13th century by a small stone fort. A manor house,
Trostrey Court
Trostrey Court House, Trostrey, Monmouthshire is a late 16th century gentry house. The current building replaced an earlier medieval court. The house played a role in the English Civil War when it was seized by the forces of Thomas Fairfax during t ...
stands east of the village. The
Church of St David is dedicated to St David.
Notes
References
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Villages in Monmouthshire
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