Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye, construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern. Originally known as Striguil, it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built in the Welsh Marches, and with its attached lordship took the name of the adjoining market town in about the 14th century. The ruins were Grade I listed on 6 December 1950.
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Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye, construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern. Originally known as Striguil, it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built in the Welsh Marches, and with its attached lordship took the name of the adjoining market town in about the 14th century. The ruins were Grade I listed on 6 December 1950.
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Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Cas-gw ...... e I listed on 6 December 1950.
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Chepstow Castle (walisisch Cas ...... annischen Herrschaft Striguil.
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Il castello di Chepstow, situa ...... ungo il confine anglo-gallese.
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Замок Чепстоу (валл. Castell C ...... е Уэльса в графстве Монмутшир.
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Chepstow Castle, with Marten's Tower to the left and the current gatehouse on the right
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Chepstow Castle shown within Wales
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Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Cas-gw ...... e I listed on 6 December 1950.
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Chepstow Castle (walisisch Cas ...... annischen Herrschaft Striguil.
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Il castello di Chepstow, situa ...... ungo il confine anglo-gallese.
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Замок Чепстоу (валл. Castell C ...... е Уэльса в графстве Монмутшир.
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Castello di Chepstow
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Chepstow Castle
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Chepstow Castle
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Чепстоу (замок)
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