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Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to its being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius .
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The house is known as Hollytrees after two holly trees planted in the grounds by Charles Gray in 1729 [1] [2] and is now a museum serving the centre of Colchester and specialising in local history. It also houses Colchester's Visitor Information Centre. It is a grade I listed building. [3]
Castle is an electoral ward in Colchester, England. It was first used in the 1973 election. It returns three councillors to Colchester City Council. The ward covers central Colchester, including the city centre, the historic Dutch Quarter neighbourhood and Colchester Castle, which lends its namesake to the ward. The ward was subject to boundary ...
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The underside of the castle was not identified as the podium of the temple until archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler examined it in the early 20th century and found that the Norman builders had clasped the castle's walls to the Roman concrete podium. [1] Today the 17th-century "vaults" are open to visitors, showing the underside of the temple. [4]