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  2. Rochester Castle - Wikipedia

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    Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England. The 12th-century keep or stone tower, which is the castle's most prominent feature, is one of the best preserved of its time in England or France. Situated on the River Medway and Watling Street, Rochester was a strategically important royal ...

  3. Keep - Wikipedia

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    A 19th-century reconstruction of the keep at Château d'Étampes. Since the 16th century, the English word keep has commonly referred to large towers in castles. [4] The word originates from around 1375 to 1376, coming from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel. [5]

  4. Totnes Castle - Wikipedia

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    Totnes Castle is one of the best preserved examples of a Norman motte and bailey castle in England. [1] It is situated in the town of Totnes on the River Dart in Devon . The surviving stone keep and curtain wall date from around the 14th century.

  5. Durham Castle - Wikipedia

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    Stone for the new buildings was cut from the cliffs below the walls and moved up using winches. [ 2 ] The holder of the office of the bishop of Durham , Bishop Walcher at the time, was appointed by the king to exercise royal authority on his behalf, with the castle being his seat. [ 1 ]

  6. Motte-and-bailey castle - Wikipedia

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    Some existing motte-and-bailey castles were converted to stone, with the keep and the gatehouse usually the first parts to be upgraded. [102] Shell keeps were built on many mottes, circular stone shells running around the top of the motte, sometimes protected by a further chemise, or low protective wall, around the base. By the 14th century, a ...

  7. Corfe Castle - Wikipedia

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    A model of Corfe Castle before its destruction Corfe's keep (left) dates from the early 12th century. Another view of Corfe Castle. In the early 12th century, Henry I began the construction of a stone keep at Corfe. Progressing at a rate of 3 to 4 metres (10 to 13 ft) per year for the best part of a decade, the work began in around 1096 or 1097 ...

  8. Château de Langeais - Wikipedia

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    After the unsuccessful attack, the now-ruined stone keep was built; it is one of the earliest datable stone examples of a keep. Between 994 and 996, the castle was besieged unsuccessfully twice more. During the conflict between the counts of Anjou and Blois, the castle changed hands several times, and in 1038 Fulk captured the castle again.

  9. Codnor Castle - Wikipedia

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    Codnor Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle in Derbyshire, England. The land around Codnor came under the jurisdiction of William Peverel after the Norman conquest . [ 1 ] The building is registered as a Scheduled Ancient Monument [ 2 ] a Grade II Listed Building [ 3 ] and is officially a Building at Risk .