Skenfrith Castle, Herefordshire is located at National Grid Reference: SO 45766 / 20325, a little over ten miles west of Ross-on-Wye and a short distance north of Monmouth. If your interest is in castles, it is definitely worth taking time out for a visit, however the castle is not as well preserved as those which can be found at Goodrich or Raglan. Entrance is free of charge.

Excluding the tower on the outside, all of the castle now visible was built by Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent between the years of 1219 and 1232. Documentary evidence suggests however that there had been a previous castle on the site since the time of the Norman Conquest and that this had been removed to make way for the current fortress.

During the thirteenth century, the round keep, which was probably the last part of the castle to be built, would have been crowned by a wooden fighting top with arrow loops to provide an effective, all round field of fire.

All photographs below were taken during the afternoon of 23 March 2003. The top eight show the castle as it is, however the bottom two were taken for 'artistic effect' (artistic words for 'trial and error' ) using an Olympus E-10 camera, 62 mm polarizing filter, exposure 1/640 second at f:11.

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