Kilpeck is a small village in Herefordshire, England, renowned for its small but outstanding Norman (Romanesque) church, and the earthworks of a Norma

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There are ruins of C12 keep with motte and bailey earthworks. Two sandstone rubble sections of walling remain to north and to south-west, the north fragment has the recess of a fireplace and there appears to be the recess of a circular oven in the south-western fragment. Until the 9th century, when it was taken over by Mercia, the area around Kilpeck was within the Welsh kingdom of Ergyng. After the Norman conquest, the area became known as Archenfield and was governed as part of the Welsh Marches. It became part of Herefordshire, and England, in the 16th century, although the use of Welsh in the area remained strong until the 19th century. The English name for the village derives from the Welsh name, Llanddewi Kil Peddeg, with Llanddewi meaning "church of St. David" and Kil Peddeg probably meaning the "cell of Pedic", an otherwise unknown local early Christian hermit.

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Location: Kilepck, Herefordshire
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