KILPECK CASTLE

Herefordshire

Kilpeck Castle stands at the other end of the Golden Valley to Snodhill Castle, and is a very similar building in a very similar state of repair.

It was originally a motte and bailey Castle built by William FitzNorman.  His grandson, Henry, called himself "de Kilpeck".

It was almost certainly built in stone by 1211 when King John was entertained within the Castle, a year later he returned once more.  In 1325 the de Bohun Earls of Hereford owned the Castle, and it passed through a succession of owners until it was described by John Leland in the 1540s with the phrase "some ruin of the walls yet stand".  A brief siege is supposed to have occurred in the Civil War and slighting then followed.

The Castle is now a ruin standing next to a beautifully preserved Norman church, famed for its door arch, and is on public land.

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