Stokesay Castle

Well I'm still in Shropshire tonight, so here is another Shropshire Day Out from last summer. We took a trip to Craven Arms here on the A49 between Shrewsbury and Ludlow. After a visit to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, where we had an early picnic lunch in the Onny Meadows, we went to the very picturesque Stokesay Castle

Here is the timber-framed gatehouse, which dates from the 17th Century.

It is an English Heritage site and they provide an audio guide which explains the history as it takes you round the manor house. Little W obviously found this bit of the guide funny!

We were in the Welsh Marches here and the Castles of Wales site provides a good description of the history of the castle.

In the eaves of the rooms we found birds nests with little fledglings hopping around the floor.

They also have bats, but we didn't see them.

From the top of the tower you get a good view of the scenery.

Ah. The hills. Yes we like the hills; we stopped off at Carding Mill Valley again for an afternoon walk on our way back to The Barn.