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The
first castle at the strategic site overlooking the River
Wye was an enclosure built along 1102. It was probably
another half century before Godric Mappestone, from whom
the name of the castle presumably arises, strengthened
the castle with a stone tower. Further substantial
enlargments were carried out in the late thirteenth
century by William Marshall and his son Aymer de Valence.
In addition to the towers and curtain wall, the barbican
and gatehouse, as well as the spurs of several drum
towers were added.
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