[MR] BBC: Chepstow Castle Doors

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends, Especially Normans:

Today the BBC is offering a brief illustrated story about the wooden doors
at Chepstow Castle in Wales. Tests show these doors are the oldest
surviving castle doors in Europe, dating to around 1190. They were probably
erected on the orders of the famous knight Sir William Marshal while he
held this castle: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-43789217

In addition, Chepstow was the first stone Norman castle raised in Britain,
with construction beginning in 1067, shortly after the Battle of Hastings.

More about Chepstow can be found at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepstow_Castle . The official Cadw site for
Chepstow with more photos is at
http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/chepstow-castle/?skip=1&lang=en .

For more about William Marshal, go to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Marshal,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆