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Chepstow Castle is built

1067 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · History

Chepstow Castle is built
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Chepstow Castle 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.

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