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. 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.
Chepstow Castle, with Marten's Tower to the left and the current gatehouse on the right
Chepstow Castle, seen from the north bank of the River Wye
The Great Tower
Chepstow Castle showing the Great Tower, seen from the 1816 Wye Bridge
Chepstow is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about 2 miles (3 km) above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western end of the Severn Bridge. It is the easternmost settlement in Wales, situated 16 miles (26 km) east of Newport, 28 miles (45 km) east-northeast of Cardiff, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Bristol and 110 miles (180 km) west of London.
Chepstow Castle and 1816 road bridge across the River Wye, seen from Tutshill
Norman doorway of St Mary's Priory Church
Chepstow Town Gate, originally dating from the late 13th century, rebuilt in the 16th century and later restored
View towards the site of the former National Shipyard No.1, in the area covered by the factory buildings and overgrown slipways in the centre of the photograph
