Clifford Castle
📍 Herefordshire, England
About
Clifford Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Clifford which lies 2.5 miles to the north-east of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England. It was the caput of the feudal barony of Clifford, a Marcher Lordship. The castle stands in the grounds of a private house and is only open to the public on certain days of the year.
Originally built in 1070, the castle was expanded over 250 years into a formidable border fortress. A five-tower shell keep dominates the site. The castle lay in England but was exempt from county jurisdiction—the beginning of a Marcher Lordship. Rosamund Clifford, 'Fair Rosamund,' Henry II's famous mistress, was born here in the 12th century. The ruins overlook the River Wye near Hay-on-Wye. Scheduled Monument.
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