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Today, the castle at Goodrich is considered by historians to be the "most splendid in the county, and one the best examples of English military architecture". The castle is classed as a Grade I listed building and as a Scheduled Monument.
Substantial remains still exist and are open to the public, managed by English Heritage. The adjacent Victorian castle of Goodrich Court was demolished in 1949, restoring the original landscape. The Roaring Meg mortar, preserved by Herefordshire Council, has been returned to the site, along with a number of civil war cannon-balls found at Goodrich during excavations in the 1920s.
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