A Brief History Of Chepstow Castle - Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire Wales
A brief history of Chepstow Castle in Monmouthshire, Wales.
If you are interested in visiting Chepstow Castle, you can find more information on Cadw’s website here: ( *Please note that the Brief History YouTube channel is not affiliated with , nor should this video be considered any type of endorsement by or partnership with, Cadw)
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:59 History & Ownership
24:26 Construction & Layout
35:11 Chepstow Castle Today
Attribution
Photos
All pictures were collected under creative commons license, public domain, royalty free websites or with permission from copyright holders. Any photos not notated below were collected via public domain. If there is an error in this, please contact me and I will adjust accordingly as it has been done unintentionally.
Chepstow Castle Artist Reconstruction- Norman Castle - © Crown copyright (2024) Cadw; illustration by Chris Jones-Jenkins
Chepstow Castle Artist Reconstruction- Marshal Updates- © Crown copyright (2024) Cadw; illustration by Chris Jones-Jenkins
Chepstow Castle Artist Reconstruction- Bigod Updates- © Crown copyright (2024) Cadw; illustration by Chris Jones-Jenkins
Chepstow Castle Artist Reconstruction- Tudor Updates- © Crown copyright (2024) Cadw; illustration by Chris Jones-Jenkins
Chepstow Castle Great Tower Artist Reconstruction- Norman Tower- © Crown copyright (2024) Cadw; illustration by Terry Ball
Chepstow Castle Great Tower Artist Reconstruction- Marshal Updates- © Crown copyright (2024) Cadw; illustration by Terry Ball
Chepstow Castle Plan- © Hawlfraint y Goron / © Crown copyright (2024) Cymru Wales
Welsh Marches- XrysD, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Motte & Bailey Wood Castle- Julien CHATELAIN, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Richard De Clare Adjusted- Gerald de Barri, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
William Marshal Statue- Storye book, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Ragland Castle- Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
All images referenced in the “Chepstow Castle Today“ section of the video were cited at the time they were shown in the video due to limited space available to cite in this video description (number of characters limited). All of the images shown in this section, fall under the following creative licenses:
CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Steve Slater - Chepstow Exterior Near Marten’s Tower
kitmasterbloke - Front View Of Gatehouse
Andy Dolman - Central Passage North Block Lower Bailey
Andy Dolman - Stairs Up To Hall North Block Lower Bailey
Andy Dolman - Cellar Window North Block Lower Bailey
Roy Parkhouse - Nicholas Kemeys Plaque Lower Bailey
kitmasterbloke - Facing Great Tower From Middle Bailey
Tyssil - Great Tower Facing East Looking At Stair Opening In Corner
kitmasterbloke - Marshal’s Tower Facing Towards Gate
CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
WFan - Back Of Gatehouse From Lower Bailey
Robert Powell - Elevated View Of Hall Block From Lower Bailey
Tyssil - Cupboards In Passage Way North Hall Block Lower Bailey
Andy Dingley - Earls Chamber Facing South Towards Blocked Door
Tyssil - Medieval Door In Porch
Tyssil - View Of Rear Of Eastern Curtain Wall From Middle Bailey
CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Rob Farrow - Earls Chamber Facing North Towards Entrance
Michael Garlick - North Wall Of Interior Of Great Tower
Michael Garlick - Gallery Facing Middle Bailey
Michael Garlick - Gallery Windows Overlooking Wye
Michael Garlick - Marshal’s Tower’s Windows
Michael Garlick - Interior Of SW Open Backed Tower Upper Barbican
CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Cossackal - Under Gatehouse Counter Weight Shafts
WelshDave - Back Of Marten’s Tower & Gunport Lower Bailey
Lucy Sheers - View Of Upper Bailey Gate Near Marshal’s Tower
Videos
All videos not notated below were collected through royalty free websites and require no attribution.
Music
Medieval Astrology- Underbelly & Ty Mayer
Dreams Become Real- “Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Source:
Artist: “
Calcutta Sunset- E’s Jammy Jams
No. 7 Alone With My Thoughts - Esther Abrami
Sources
Chepstow Castle Guidebook - Cadw
Chepstow Castle Official Handbook - Department Of Environment
*Errors &, Corrections: