Chepstow castle

The final castle on my South Wales trip and a really impressive castle built on a cliff overlooking the Wye. I last visited Chepstow over 40 years ago and I'd forgotten how massive it was.

The approach is up through the gatehouse.

The plan give an idea of the stages of development

There is deep water right under the castle at this point and supplies could be hauled straight up.

A smaller gateway at the top end added late in the castles development

The mainly Norman keep

The interior of the keep shows a lot of interesting features and give an idea of scale.

Some views around the interior