Peter Dorling, archaeologist at Hay Castle, has made a chance find that is quite exciting. When he picked up a stone he thought looked interesting, he found a face carved on the underside! Though the carving is worn, they think it is a carving of a Norman knight, and may come from one of the earliest phases of the Castle. It may have formed part of a window arch in the original castle building.
Meanwhile, up on the tower overlooking the market square, about 4 or 5 metres from the ground, there is another stone head. The tower was rebuilt in the 16th century, so the head dates from that time, and may be a portrait of James Boyle, the Lord of the Manor of Hay in the 1580s. Alternatively, it may be an earlier Celtic head used as decoration, as was the fashion at the time.
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