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Black sheep grazing at Chirk Castle

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Black sheep grazing at Chirk Castle
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Black sheep grazing at Chirk Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Wrexham, Wales. Perhaps the sheep know the castle better than people do, walking its shadows like owners. Maybe they graze on forgotten years, clipping what no longer serves the living.
A named place photographed at this map point in Wrexham.
Chirk Castle was built in the late 13th century by the influential Clwyd family, later held by the Myddelton family from the 16th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of medieval military architecture and as a historic seat associated with Welsh gentry and industrial history.

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Photo: Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0