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title: Original Entrance Doors, Chepstow Castle
author: Damian Entwistle
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11743/original-entrance-doors-chepstow-castle/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Original Entrance Doors, Chepstow Castle
_Authored by Damian Entwistle_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11743.jpg)
## Image Caption
The original wooden doors of [Chepstow Castle](https://www.worldhistory.org/Chepstow_Castle/) in southern Wales. The castle was first built c. 1067 CE by Earl William FitzOsbern and then extended from c. 1190 CE by [Sir William Marshal](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sir_William_Marshal/) (c. 1146-1219 CE). The doors, dated using tree-ring analysis to the 1190s CE, were an innovation of Sir William’s. They are the oldest castles doors in [Europe](https://www.worldhistory.org/europe/) and were covered in iron plates to make them impregnable to battering and fire.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Entwistle, D. (2020, January 19). Original Entrance Doors, Chepstow Castle. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[](https://www.flickr.com/photos/damiavos/5900869198/)This image was first published on [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com). [Original image](https://www.flickr.com/photos/damiavos/5900869198/) by [**Damian Entwistle**](https://www.flickr.com/photos/damiavos/5900869198/). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 19 January 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.