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The antiquarian William Camden claimed a castle was constructed at Dudley about the year 700 by a Mercian duke named Dodo or Doddo [2] and some subsequent histories and articles repeated this claim. [3] However, this assertion is not taken seriously by today's historians, who usually date the castle from soon after the Norman Conquest of 1066. [2]
For 100 years it was an earth mound and timber buildings. The next 300 years saw the building of the external walls and towers in stone. During the 210 years between 1500 and 1710 the living areas were transformed from medieval fortress rooms to a stately residence with elegant state rooms.
For a variety of reasons, not least of which is that many castles have no recorded history, there is no firm number of castles built in the medieval period. However, it has been estimated that between 75,000 and 100,000 were built in western Europe; [120] of these around 1,700 were in England and Wales [121] and around 14,000 in German-speaking ...
Carlisle Castle is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of Carlisle near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall.First built during the reign of William II in 1092 [1] and rebuilt in stone under Henry I in 1122, the castle is over 930 years old and has been the scene of many episodes in British history.
A depiction of the castle on fire in 1831 The castle from The History and Antiquities of Nottingham by James Orange, 1840 Entrance to the Ducal Mansion (2012) After the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the present 'Ducal Mansion' was built for the 1st Duke of Newcastle and completed by his son, the 2nd Duke of Newcastle, after the 1st Duke's ...
Both castles are concentric in plan, with walls within walls, although Beaumaris is the more regular in design. [36] Historian Arnold Taylor described Beaumaris as Britain's "most perfect example of symmetrical concentric planning" and for many years the castle was regarded as the pinnacle of military engineering during Edward I's reign. [37]
The medieval complex was often referred to simply as the Louvre (French: le Louvre), as its modern successor still is. It was also qualified in medieval times as a fortress (French: forteresse du Louvre, [2]: 55 royal abode (French: demeure royale du Louvre), [2]: 70 or mansion (French: hostel du Louvre or manoir du Louvre).
Hedingham Castle was the location for episode 2 of The Landscape of Man aired on Channel 4 in 2010, [20] in which the castle grounds and gardens, which had been left to become a wilderness throughout the 20th century, were restored. [1] The castle has also been a location for the feature film The Reckoning (2004) and for the BBC series Ivanhoe ...