Place details
Place nameMonmouth
Other namesMonemude
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude51.833
Longitude-2.717
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Was once part of Herefordshire; was an Iron Age & Roman settlement; market town with the remains of 2 castles, one built by Roger de Montgomery, ca. 1070; birthplace of 17th-cen. poet George Herbert.