Trostrey ( cy, Trostre) is a small hamlet and parish in
Monmouthshire, in southeast
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
located about north/northwest of
Usk.
History
Excavations at the castle in 2000 found evidence of burial cairns from the
Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several part ...
and
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
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 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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