Day 2 of my Wiltshire sojourn and we headed across the Severn to Chepstow. Which may mean more to you as a racecourse but actually has a very fine castle, albeit one under a fairly serious bit of maintenance. This involved a brief excursion across the border into Wales with the inevitable rain.
This is a good choice of castle, if one overlooks the slightly over-zealous appeal to small children. It has history, a lot to look around and great views of the river.
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| These doors have been dated back to 1190, the oldest castle doors in Europe. |
This is what I meant about the over-zealous courting of the under 10s. Plastic dragons in the courtyard. Really?
Not the very early Norman doorway. This castle was built not long after the Norman invasion.
The eco-friendly basket-work knight has seen better days, on his now three-legged horse.
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