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1 of 3: Welcome to the virtual tour of Skenfrith Castle. These images show how the castle may have looked in around the year 1232 created by Hubert de Burgh. Use the left and right arrows above to move from one image to the next. This page should work with IE4+, NS4+ and Mozilla Firefox. If you have the VRML plug-in installed you can explore this castle. There are details on the right of this page explaining how to install the plug-in and how to move around in VRML worlds.

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2 of 3: The castle consisted of a roughly rectangular enclosure with five circluar towers, one at each corner and one half way along the west wall. The Monnow River was diverted around the sides of the castle to create a water filled moat and a small gate allowed access to the river one the eastern side.

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3 of 3:At the heart of the castle was the main round tower keep where the lord and his family would have lived. Access to the tower was via the main entrance on the first floor. The lower floor would have been used for storage. A spiral staircase was built into a semi-circular projection on one side of the tower.