I'm visiting Chepstow, it's a handy place to stop travelling from Cardiff to London. The Normans started building the castle in 1067, one year after the conquest of England. Making it the oldest non-Roman stone fort in Britain. It was built for William FitzOsbern, a relative of William the Conqueror. FitzOsbern was first given control of the Isle of Wight then made Earl of Hereford. This part of England wasn't under full Norman control and bordered Wales. The Welsh were independent of England back then, though the Anglo-Saxons had invaded Wales a few times, with King Harold being the most recent and successful before he became king. This castle will have helped impress and intimidate the Anglo-Saxons still fighting and the Welsh.
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