The projecting central tower with its water-gate or dock beneath is the dominant feature. Flanking it are two octagonal towers with prominent spur buttresses. These mark the north and south end of the castle, from which a curtain wall ran westwards enclosing a roughly rectangular area.
Outside the curtain wall was a deep moat which filled with sea water at high tide. T he castle was built between and by Hugh d'Audele or his son-in-law Ralph, earl of Stafford. It replaced an earlier motte and bailey castle on Stow Hill, near the cathedral. Newport was the headquarters of the Norman lordship of Wentloog or Gwynlliog, which had been within the lordship of Glamorgan until I do not receive any income from this site and I fund it myself. The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others.
This site is based upon the databases collated and maintained by Philip Davis who kindly gave permission for its use. The surviving part of the castle comprises the waterfront and consists of three towers connected by a curtain wall containing ornate staterooms.
The rest of the castle appears to have been a simple rectangular courtyard with no towers. This has led to the conclusion that it was not completed until C15 when documentary records show considerable expenditure at the castle in response to the Glyndwr uprising. This work appears to have failed as the castle was captured in AD The historical references to Newport in Renn and Hogg and King Early Castles may refer to a possible earlier castle on this site for which there is no evidence or to the buried motte at Stow Hill ST Griffiths, T.
Hopkins and R. London p. Allen and Taylor, A. Allen, , Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers Woodbridge: Boydell Press p. Top Most of the sites or buildings recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public and permission to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner or tenant.
F Norman Castles of Britain. John Baker Publishing, London. Salter, M The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan and Gower. Whittle, E CADW, London. Newport Castle is in a structurally unsound state and is currently sealed off with no public access although the remains can be seen from the adjacent bridge.
Only the towers that fronted the River Usk have survived as the rest of the castle has been destroyed by later developments. Newport Castle Layout. Most of the castle has been obliterated by modern developments but its finest features, the waterfront towers, remain intact albeit unstable.
At high tide small boats could originally enter the castle through the Watergate. Norman Penetrations Into Wales c There was no centralised Norman advance into South Wales during the eleventh century. Instead Norman Barons were encouraged to seize land and so the conquest was a piecemeal affair characterised by periods of expansion and and contraction and as they vied for control with native Welsh.
The Vale of Glamorgan was conquered by Robert Fitzhamon late in the eleventh century. Newport Castle is located in central Newport and is sandwiched between the B and the railway line to the central station.
There is no dedicated car park but there are ample other options nearby. About Us. Contact Us. Terms and Conditions. UK Map. History Newport Castle was originally established as an earth and timber motte-and-bailey castle during the late eleventh century.
Bibliography Armitage, E. What's There?
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