Copy of an elevation of a display plate with an inscription at Scarborough Castle

Date:: Apr 1961

Location:: Scarborough Castle, Castle Hill, Scarborough, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Reference:: MP/SCA0271

Type:: Measured Drawing

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Description

Inscription reads: 'The Keep. Built between 1158 and 1164 by order of King Henry II. It had a basement and three floors above, and its angles were carried up as turrets to a total height of about 100 feet. The west wall was demolished by order of parliament in 1649.'

Content

This is part of the Volume: PF/SCA Scarborough Castle, North Yorkshire.; within the Series: EHC01/022 English Heritage Plans And Measured Drawings; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

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Medieval Castle