White Castle

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White Castle is a medieval stone fortress in Monmouthshire, Wales, notable for its well-preserved defensive earthworks and role in the border defenses of the Welsh Marches.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
White Castle canonical 3
The White Castle 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval castle
scheduled monument
stone fortress
tourist attraction
category Castles in Monmouthshire
Ruined castles in Wales
Scheduled monuments in Monmouthshire
country Wales
era Middle Ages
hasAccess road access from Abergavenny–Monmouth area
hasAlternativeName Castell Gwyn
Llantilio Castle
hasBuildingPart ditch
inner ward
outer ward
hasConstructionMaterial stone
hasFeature curtain walls
defensive earthworks
gatehouse
moat
towers
hasFunction border fortress
military stronghold
hasStyle Norman military architecture
hasView surrounding rural landscape
heritageDesignation Scheduled monument
locatedIn Monmouthshire
United Kingdom
Wales
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Monmouthshire
surface form: Monmouthshire County
locatedOn border of England and Wales
managedBy Cadw
near Abergavenny
Monmouth
notableFor role in border defences of the Welsh Marches
well-preserved earthworks
openToPublic true
ownedBy Welsh Government
partOf Welsh Marches
region Monmouthshire
surroundedBy countryside
tourismType heritage tourism
usedFor control of border routes
defence of the Welsh Marches

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monmouthshire containsSite White Castle
Orhan Pamuk notableWork White Castle
this entity surface form: The White Castle
Grosmont Castle associatedWith White Castle
Skenfrith Castle near White Castle