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The first castles appeared in France in the 10th century, [3] and in England during the 11th century. A few castles are known to have been built in England before the Normans invaded in 1066; [4] a great many were built in the years following, the principal mechanism by means of which the Normans were able to consolidate their control over the ...
Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. [1] It is one of only two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in East Sussex.
Richmond Castle: Castle: 11th century Ruins A castle originally built to subdue the unruly north of England, it is one of the greatest Norman fortresses in Britain. Rievaulx Abbey: Abbey: 1132 Ruins A Cistercian abbey, and once one of the wealthiest abbeys in England. It is one of the most complete and atmospheric of England's abbey ruins.
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. . Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories in England and the ...
Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England.It was established by Roger de Montgomery in the 11th century. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and early 19th centuries by Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk. [2]
Relatively easy to build with unskilled, often forced labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales following their ...
Oxford, England Uncertain, perhaps mid-11th century Although Oxford Castle is Norman, it incorporates St George's tower which may be part of the town's late Saxon defences. Holy Trinity Church Great Paxton, Cambridgeshire, England 1050 One of only three Anglo-Saxon aisled churches to be found today in England St Chad's Church
Old Sarum Castle, formerly known as Seresberi Castle, is an 11th century motte-and-bailey castle built in Old Sarum, Wiltshire. It was originally built in timber and it was eventually built in stone, of which the ruins can be seen today. Only the mound and foundations of the castle survive today.