of the River Wye in southeast wales.
One year after the Battle of Hastings, work started on Chepstow Castle,
Castles were the Normans main weapons: symbols of a long and bloody war.Chepstow is the earliest stone Castle in Britain and one of 400 or 500 in Wales during this period. Chepstow Castle became the main launch pad for expeditions into Wales. the excursions were an attempt to subdue an ebullient people. William Fitz Osberne was the architect behind the Castle which was built in stone due to its strategic position, and then added to over the years
