This section includes pages on:

	CASTLES AND THE CONQUEST - The introduction of the castle into Britain.
	CASTLES IN HEREFORDSHIRE - Early timber and later stone structures.
	BUILDING A CASTLE - Who would be employed, preparation & construction.
	THE IMPACT OF CASTLES ON THE AREA - Resources, manpower, land seizure.
	THE USE OF CASTLES - Administration, justice, war.
	WHO LIVED IN CASTLES - Lords and ladies, peasants and serfs.
	THE DEATH OF THE CASTLE - The decline of an institution.

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