Castle Rising, Norfolk

Photograph taken September 1997 © Crown copyright. Historic England Archive ref: nmr 15808/21

The mid-12th-century keep at Castle Rising is set within a massive defensive earthwork. The Castle was established in circa 1138 on the site of the Saxon village by William de Albini II, later Earl of Sussex. This property is now in the care of English Heritage (2010) but owned and managed by Lord howard of Rising.

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Norfolk Castle Rising

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Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

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A Roman fort originally stood on this site. After the Norman Conquest it was given to William the Conqueror's half-brother. By the end of the 11th century he had constructed a full scale Norman castle using the Roman walls. It lay uninhabited from the 16th century. This property is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).

Castle Rising, Norfolk

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