Join Garry Crook, castles expert and SCPT Chair, for a springtime tour of the site – and catch up with our latest discoveries. Tours are at 11 am and 2.30 pm on Bank Holiday Monday May 6th. We invite donations of £10 per adult (over 16) and interested dogs on...
Easter guided tours – reserve your place now Join Garry Crook, castles expert and Chair of the Trust, plus other hosts on a guided tour this Easter. Catch up on our latest discoveries, puzzles and theories. Check out our plans for the Royal Free Chapel...
Weds 5 July we welcomed Alice Roberts and the team from Digging for Britain to check out progress on the 2023 Chapel dig and Postern Gate excavation. Balmy weather has helped the diggers excel in revealing 5 courses of fine stonework at the previously unknown postern...
Hosted by Nik Gowing, our Launch event for the Chapel Appeal Fund featured specially commissioned recordings of Fayrfax music by the Hexad Collective and readings from Kilvert by Robert Bathurst. It was attended by Herefordshire High Sheriff Robert Robinson; CEO of...
This small alloy effigy of a saint, or perhaps a knight, was found by student archaeologists excavating the suggested site of the castle’s unique Royal Free Chapel. A ‘Limoges mount’, these were produced in Central France during the 12th and 13th centuries....
We’re honoured to welcome General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, KCB CBE as our Patron.History student, long-time Golden Valley resident and Chief of the General Staff (aka Head of the Army) up to June 2022, Mark was the first SAS Commanding Officer to occupy the role and...
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