The English counties that border Wales, known collectively as the Welsh Marches, have more castles and remains of castles than any other region of the country. One of the lesser known examples is in Bridstow, on the opposite side of River Wye from the town of Ross on Wye. It was built around 1300, became ruinous and had a house built inside its walls in the 1500s. Further damage in the English Civil War of the seventeenth century made that uninhabitable and what remained was converted into a house two hundred years later in the nineteenth century. This is what we see today, nestling in the ragged walls and towers of the former castle.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
