DINGESTOW (pronounced DINJ-stow)
Welsh name Landdingad is a small village on the River Trothy. It lies 4 miles south-west of Monmouth and approximately the same distance north-east of Raglan. The village has a shop, a post office and a well used village hall.
A Norman motte and bailey ‘castle’ was later replaced by a larger, stone-built one, the site of which is the large rectangular mound to the west of the church (St Dingad or Dingat).
A feature of the village is Dingestow Court, a Grade 2* listed building, described as "one of the county's major houses”.
It is a private home, not open to the public but the grounds, a mid-19th-century park with a lake and a late-19th-century garden layout by Edward Milner, are occasionally opened for charitable events. Approximately one mile north east of Dingestow lies
Treowen, a Grade 1 listed 17th century house, now a venue for conferences and weddings.
The area around Dingestow is popular with holiday makers with several holiday properties and camp sites for tents and caravans.