Pickering Castle
Pickering Castle is the ruins of a moth in the market Pickering in English administrative unit North Yorkshire .
construction
Pickering Castle was originally a moth made of wood and earth. It was later rebuilt in stone and given a donjon . Today's inner courtyard was originally the outer bailey and was built between 1180 and 1187. Between 1216 and 1236 the wooden donjon was replaced by one made of stone. The chapel, of which a reconstruction can still be found in the castle, was built at this time. An outer courtyard and a curtain wall , as well as three towers and two moats - one outside the curtain wall and one in the outer courtyard - were added between 1323 and 1326. A gatehouse , ovens, a knight's hall and warehouses were added later . The castle complex is located in the Pickering Valley and is bordered to the west by a steep cliff that was easy to defend.
history
The first, wooden version was built by the Normans under William the Conqueror in 1069-1070. This first building consisted of a large, central rampart (the inner castle ), the outer palisades (which included the outer castle) and inner buildings, in particular a donjon at the highest point of the motte. Moats were also built, which made it difficult to attack the walls. The castle's main purpose at the time was to maintain control of the area after the Harrying of the North .
The ruins are particularly well preserved because Pickering Castle was one of the few castles that was not affected by the Wars of the Roses or the English Civil War of the 17th century .
In 1926 the Ministry of Works (the predecessor of English Heritage ) took over the castle. It is a Scheduled Monument and open to the public.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pickering Castle, 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle . Historic England. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 46 ′ 32 ″ W.