Caldicot
Castle lies southwest of the River Wye, which has been a
natural boundary of strategic significance from the Iron
Age through the Norman period. Caldicot stands on a fortified
site of great antiquity, two miles from the sea and on the
route of the Roman road Via Julia, in a valley surrounded
by marshlands.
Even
though the foundations date as far back as Norman times,
the keep was probably built by the powerful de Bohun family
after they inherited the lordship in 1221. It was one of
nine new castles that Edward I (1277-1283), the first English
king to take effective control of Wales built to consolidate
his power...
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