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After leaving Castell Coch, Tarythe and I stopped at Chepstow Castle
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| Tarythe and the vorpal bunny outside Chepstow castle. (172kb) | Another view of the front of Chepstow
castle. (156kb)
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An information panel on the gatehouse. (205kb) |
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| A model of Chepstow castle as originally built, with the great tower. (144kb) | The second phase of construction at Chepstow with the addition of two defensive towers. (121kb) | The third (and most extensive) construction
phase in Chepstow's history with the addition of the lower bailey, a gallery
on the side of the great tower (dividing the upper and middle bailey), and
the barbican on the northern end. (152kb)
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| The last construction stage, adding
buildings in the lower bailey. (171kb)
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The inside of the great hall. (293kb) | An information panel on the great hall. (175kb) |
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| A view inside the lower bailey. (148kb) | A view inside the barbican, looking north. (202kb) | The view of the barbican from the top of
the barbican tower. (301kb)
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| Inside the barbican tower. (287kb) | Another shot inside the barbican tower. (281kb)
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An info panel on the great tower. (263kb) |
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| Inside the great tower. (329kb) | One of the nice corbels that once supported
the arches inside the great tower. (245kb)
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The nice carved stone around the windows of the great tower. (229kb) |
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| A view of the middle bailey. (159kb) | The vorpal bunny overlooking the middle bailey. (213kb) | Some fine stone carving on the great tower. (286kb) |
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| Nice carving on a gothic window in the Marian tower. (271kb) | A view from the south tower, looking north at the lower bailey, middle bailey, and the great tower (with the dark doorway at the top). (105kb) | |