CARISBROOKE CASTLE

A Roman fort to which a wooden keep and a sixty foot high motte was added in the 1070's. The outer walls and the stone polygonal shell keep were completed in the early 12th century, the keep was higher than it is today, and the Gateway was aded in 1335. The castle was strengthened in 1597, but then was allowed to decay until it was restored in 1856.

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Photo Douglas Cox

Directions
1 mile south west of Newport.

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