What is recorded here

Caerleon Castle was likely a Norman motte-and-bailey built around 1085 to control the River Usk, though a Welsh lord such as Caradog ap Gruffydd may have raised it instead. The timber keep and palisaded courtyard are gone, leaving only uncertain earthworks beside the older Roman fortress. Geoffrey of Monmouth later placed Arthur’s feasts here, dressing the muddy ground in golden legend while the real castle faded into forgetfulness.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Caerleon Castle as Castle from the Post Medieval; Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Caerleon Castle was originally built by the Romans as a legionary fortress known as Isca Silurum, and later a medieval castle was constructed on the site, likely by the Normans in the 11th or 12th century. It is important as a site of both Roman and medieval military history in Wales.

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