This title begins with the story of a community archaeology project that set out to answer the mystery of why a parish on the Welsh border apparently had two castles. A team of volunteers, supervised by Hereford’s professional archaeologosts, excavated at both castle sites and came up with very unexpected results. The authors, who co-managed the project, have built on the findings of the excavations with in-depth researches into the history of the Marcher lordship that became known as Ewyas Lacy. The evidence they uncovered, combined with local knowledge, has led to revelations that overturn many of the opinions expressed by earlier researchers writing about the area.