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The White Tower is the earliest stone keep in England, and was the strongest point of the early castle. It also contained grand accommodation for the king. [64] At the latest, it was probably finished by 1100 when Bishop Ranulf Flambard was imprisoned there.
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 ...
Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire (historically Berkshire), adjacent to the River Thames.Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries". [1]
The Castellarium Anglicanum, an authoritative index of castles in England and Wales published in 1983, lists over 1,500 castle sites in England. [2] Many of these castles have vanished or left almost no trace. The present list includes more than 800 medieval castles of which there are visible remains, with over 300 having substantial surviving ...
Important pilgrimage site in medieval England. Hedingham Castle: Castle Hedingham, Essex: c. 1086: The manor of Hedingham was awarded to Aubrey de Vere I by William the Conqueror by 1086. The castle was constructed by the de Veres in the late 11th to early 12th century and the keep in the 1130s and 1140s. St Albans Cathedral
Raglan Castle (Welsh: Castell Rhaglan) is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales.The modern castle dates from between the 15th and early 17th centuries, when the successive ruling families of the Herberts and the Somersets created a luxurious, fortified castle, complete with a large hexagonal keep, known as the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. Official country residence of British monarch This article is about the castle in Windsor, Berkshire. For other uses, see Windsor Castle (disambiguation). Windsor Castle Windsor, Berkshire, in England Round Tower and Upper Ward viewed from the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park Windsor ...
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins. The castle was founded after the Norman Conquest of 1066; with development through to the Tudor period. It has been described by the architectural historian Anthony Emery as "the finest surviving example of a ...