Editing Kilpeck (section)

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{{main|Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck}}
The [[Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck|St Mary and St David's Church]] was built around 1140. It consists of a [[nave]], [[chancel]] and semicircular [[apse]]. It is remarkable for its wealth of [[Norman architecture|Norman]] stone carvings (and their fine state of preservation), both inside and out,<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/347877 Stone carvings], both [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/347874 inside] and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/478033 out]. ''www.geograph.org.uk''</ref> all original both in form and position and incorporating many [[corbels]] with representations of human faces, hares, fish, fowl, stags etc. Eighty-five of 91 corbels survive, an extraordinarily high percentage.

[[File:RemainsOfKilpeckCastle(PhilipHalling)Feb2006.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Remains of [[Kilpeck Castle]]]]

West of the church lies a ruined [[motte and bailey]] with earthworks. The castle is thought to have been first built around 1090 as the administrative centre of [[Archenfield]]. A few walls of the 12th- or 13th-century [[keep]] still stand on top of the motte; these are not well preserved. A fireplace and chimney flues are visible, as are two sections of standing castle walls.<ref>[https://www.whitfield-hereford.com/kilpeck-castle Kilpeck Castle] ''www.whitfield-hereford.com'', accessed 8 June 2021</ref><ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1301419 KILPECK CASTLE] ''historicengland.org.uk'', accessed 8 June 2021</ref>

A little over a mile to the north is the surviving motte of another castle, at Didley Court Farm.
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