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BOLLITREE

BRAMPTON BRYAN

BYTON

CASTLETON

CLIFFORD

CROFT

EASTNOR

EWYAS HAROLD

GOODRICH

HAMPTON COURT

HUNTINGDON

KILPECK

KINNERSLEY

LONGTOWN

PEMBRIDGE

RICHARD'S

SNODHILL

STAPLETON

THE CITADEL

WEOBLEY

WIGMORE

WILTON

Herefordshire is one of the Welsh Marches, and as such is jammed full of Castles, of which those marked above are only a tiny selection indeed.

The county is rural and unspoilt by big roads or large towns, Hereford is the only sizable City in the county. The River Wye cuts through the south of the county creating one of the most beautiful river valleys in England.

Many of Herefordshire's Castles are of an early period and so were only constructed of wood - meaning little remains.  Of these Ewyas Harold is renowned as the first "medieval" Castle built in Britain (some time before the Norman Conquest).  By far the best Castle in the county is Goodrich with a moat literally dug into the rock and affording some superb views of the River Wye down below.

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