Monmouth cap

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Monmouth cap

An example of a Monmouth cap
Type	Hat
Material	Wool
Place of origin	Monmouth, Wales

The Monmouth cap (Welsh: Cap Trefynwy) was an item of woollen headgear fashionable between the 15th and 18th centuries, and associated with the town of Monmouth in South East Wales. The knitted round caps were used by both soldiers and sailors, and they were widely exported.