About: Chepstow Castle

Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: Chepstow Castle Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/iSuBELKKm8lFbt-JqrThhQ==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Chepstow Castle (), located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Its construction was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built along the English-Welsh border in the Welsh Marches. The castle ruins are Grade I listed as at 6 December 1950.

Attributes	Values
rdf:type	Military Structure
rdfs:label	Chepstow Castle
rdfs:comment	Chepstow Castle (), located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Its construction was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built along the English-Welsh border in the Welsh Marches. The castle ruins are Grade I listed as at 6 December 1950.
sameAs	dbr:Chepstow_Castle
dcterms:subject	dbkwik:resource/6D13uNxisBTZvrPPEskL3A== dbkwik:resource/7NsGaDQLO7PgVeK5jlShuw== dbkwik:resource/FgaS_Iy7YW9ynOArVKlcJg== dbkwik:resource/bLtDrgLXbGIWudU1-kIpBg== dbkwik:resource/D6RGDfiTsHEkrQ4BiLu5yA==
foaf:homepage	http://cadw.wales.gov.uk/daysout/chepstow-castle/
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate	dbkwik:resource/AaGpNMKXeCEx6k1ovZIRVg== dbkwik:resource/ODD2urn6xOTu5tfNx3dKHA== dbkwik:resource/pTEKXoXwy_QJD-cbbKl3EQ== dbkwik:resource/pqbG5pRVVbWinfjGKhSvAw== dbkwik:resource/7_dwHHF8FUA3XhGjI4-8Fw==
Built	1067(xsd:integer)
map caption	Chepstow Castle shown within Wales
map size	160(xsd:integer)
open to public	Yes
Name	Chepstow Castle
Type	Castle
Caption	Chepstow Castle, showing Marten's Tower
Condition	Mostly Intact
Ownership	dbkwik:resource/wuHVAaKV-ikA9KtRoJS4yQ==
used	1067(xsd:integer)
Latitude	51(xsd:double)
map type	Wales
Longitude	-2(xsd:double)
Builder	dbkwik:resource/pwJ7Bw6eRyVc5uZ_2atX2Q== dbkwik:resource/rOKCOlEGXQ4yw7HVj1UnUw== William Marshal and his sons
Materials	Various forms of limestone and sandstone
Location	Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
abstract	Chepstow Castle (), located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Its construction was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built along the English-Welsh border in the Welsh Marches. The castle ruins are Grade I listed as at 6 December 1950.

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software