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It is estimated that Monmouthshire has at least 26 surviving castle sites within the present county boundaries. The density of castle building in this region has been claimed to be the densest in any region in Britain with more castles per square mile than anywhere else. Perhaps a testament to the resistance and resilience of the indigenous population, the qualities of the terrain and the value of the land and its resources commanded by the castles and their residents over the centuries.

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 * Abergavenny Castle 11th to 13th century
 * Betws Newydd Castle 11th century
 * Caldicot Castle 12th to 15th century
 * Castell Arnold, near Llanover 12th century
 * Chepstow Castle 11th to 14th century
 * Dingestow Castle Two castles, one 11th century the other 12th
 * Grosmont Castle 12th to 14th century
 * Llanfair Kilgeddin Castle 11th century
 * Llangibby Castle 13th century
 * Llantrisant, Monmouthshire Castell Troggy 13th century
 * Llanvair Discoed Castle 12th to 13th century
 * Monmouth Castle 11th to 13th century
 * Newcastle, Monmouthshire Castle 11th century
 * Penrhos, Monmouthshire Castle 11th century
 * Pen y Clawdd Castle near Abergavenny 11th century
 * Raglan Castle 15th century
 * Skenfrith Castle 12th to 13th century
 * Trellech Castle 12th century
 * Usk Castle 12th to 14th century
 * White Castle 11th to 13th century

Abergavenny Castle
Abergavenny Castle is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Ballon in about 1087. It was the site of a massacre of Welsh noblemen in 1175, and was attacked during the early 15th century Glyndŵr Rising. William Camden, the 16th century antiquary, said that the castle "has been oftner stain'd with the infamy of treachery, than any other castle in Wales." It has been a Grade I listed building since 1952.

The castle is located immediately to the south of the town centre. It was built by the Normans to overlook the River Usk and its valley, and so guard against incursions into the lowland areas south and east of the town by the Welsh from the hills to the north and west.