What is recorded here

Chepstow Castle is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain, a massive Norman rectangle clinging to a limestone cliff above the River Wye. William FitzOsbern raised it shortly after Hastings in 1066 as a spearhead for the sweep into Wales, then died young at Cassel in 1071, leaving the stones to outlast his bloodline. The Great Hall still stands with its original bones, a rare unbroken shard of that first violent century, while the cliff drops away like a held breath.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Chepstow Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Chepstow Castle was built by William the Conqueror's half-brother, Robert, Count of Mortain, in the late 11th century, around 1067. It is important as one of the earliest and best-preserved Norman castles in Wales, marking the beginning of English influence in the region.

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