Wales · 11th century
Monmouth Castle (Welsh: Castell Trefynwy) is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales.
Once an important border castle, and birthplace of Henry V of England, it stood until the English Civil War when it was damaged and changed hands three times before being slighted to prevent it being fortified again. After partial collapse in 1647, the site was reused and built over by Great Castle House, which became the headquarters and regimental museum of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers. It is a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument.
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Monmouth Castle ranks #971 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #12 of the 107 mapped in Wales. Founded c. 1060, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,577 times in the last 60 days, more than 81% of the atlas. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bristol, 41 km away. See how Wales compares in the castle statistics.
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