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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The 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 (and fine preservation) of Norman stone carvings, both inside and out,[5] 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.

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Location: Kilepck, Herefordshire
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