The castle endured a three-month siege in 1216, but had fallen into disrepair by the seventeenth century when the curtain wallsand some of the keep's upper parts were demolished; its original height is debated. The attribution of the castle as a royal foundation is based on a charter of At one and a half times the size of the ground plan of the White Tower,The initial preparation of the site involved the demolition of the surviving superstructure of the Roman temple, resulting in a layer of mortar rubble at the Norman ground level. She is believed to have planted the Between 1920 and 1922, the Castle and the associated parkland were bought by the The later inheritance of the castle and its grounds is illustrated below. Join our newsletter and be notified when new events are due to start plus much more. Colchester Castle will reopen from Thursday 23rd July and some things might look a little different. 5 AD Cunobelin (Shakespeare's Cymbeline), leader of the British Trinovantes tribe, establishes himself at Camulodunum (which means ‘Fortress of the war god Camulos'), expanding both his kingdom and trade with the Roman world. Though Colchester Castle keep from the south, showing the main entrance The Castle was sited on the great stone base of what had been the Roman Temple of Claudius. William was linking his authority to that of the Roman emperors before him.
Subsequently, the Castle took on its current role as a Museum for archaeological treasures, beginning life as a museum over 150 years ago in 1860.
The walls of the keep sit on narrow foundation trenches filled with rubble and mortar, and directly abut the edge of the Roman podium, except in the south where they are set back to avoid the original temple steps and to facilitate the digging of a well. The Normans built the castle over the ruined Roman Temple of Claudius, built when Colchester was the first Roman capital of Britain.They incorporated the base of the temple into the foundations of the great tower.Colchester and the White Tower in London were built to a similar plan, both with an apsidal extension.However, Colchester’s corner turrets are more pronounced and its main staircase is the largest diameter newel staircase in Britain, measuring 5 metres across.It is thought that the castle was originally single-storey, as it is still possible to see traces of crenellations in the wall.It could be that during construction it was required to be defended at short notice and was hurriedly crenellated, and then when the danger had passed, work on the other floors was restarted.Colchester saw little action at first; it was attacked by John in 1216 as it had been taken by the French, but it remained Crown property in the care of a succession of stewards or constables throughout medieval times.By the 13th century Colchester Castle was in use as a prison and at times many hundreds of prisoners of war were confined here in appalling conditions.Much of the castle was a ruin by the 16th century although it continued in use as a county gaol until 1668 and even after that was a prison until 1835.At the end of the 17th Century, the castle was bought by a private owner who wanted to demolish it.However in 1727 it was given as a wedding present to Charles Gray, a lawyer and antiquarian.Gray was responsible for the restoration of Colchester Castle, although at the time he believed it to be a Roman construction, hence the Mediterranean style roof tiles visible from within Castle Park.Subsequently, the Castle took on its current role as a Museum for archaeological treasures, beginning life as a museum over 150 years ago in 1860.The 2013/2014 refurbishment of Colchester is the biggest and most valuable development of the site since at the very least the 1920s – and some would argue, for almost 1,000 years!There are no events on at the moment. 43 AD The Roman invasion of Britain. Castle Museum. The 2013/2014 refurbishment of Colchester is the biggest and most valuable development of the site since at the very least the 1920s – and some would argue, for almost 1,000 years! It has been a county prison, where in 1645 the self-styled Witchfinder General, Custody of the castle was granted for life to Charles Lord Stanhope in 1607 but in 1629 In 1727 the castle was bought by Mary Webster for her daughter Sarah, who was married to The part of the castle under the chapel remained in use as a gaol, which was enlarged in 1801. Colchester History Timeline.
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