Abergavenny is an historic market town in the north of Monmouthshire that can trace its history back to Roman times. The roman fort of Gobannium was established here in 57 or 58 A.D. However, the real birth of the town dates to the period of the Norman conquest of Wales in the late 11th century. In about 1087, Hamelin of Ballon, the conqueror of northern Gwent, built a motte and bailey castle at Abergavenny.
This castle and the surrounding township were fortified with stone between 1290 and 1320 and the castle saw many attacks and much blood was shed in its life time. The remains of the structure, two towers and a gate with a large barbican, stand to this day on a spur above the river Usk.....

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