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York Castle is a motte and bailey castle founded in 1068 by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England, with its distinctive stone keep, Clifford's Tower, constructed in the late thirteenth century on the original motte. The castle occupies a strategically significant location within the medieval city of York, which itself overlies substantial Roman and Anglo-Saxon remains, including parts of the Roman fort of Eboracum and an associated vicus, as well as evidence of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Clifford's Tower, the surviving keep with its characteristic quatrefoil plan, was built by Henry III and stands as one of the finest examples of a late medieval royal castle in northern England. The site has served continuously as a place of military and administrative importance from the Norman period onwards, and remains a key monument reflecting York's long and layered historical development.
York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011799. View the official record →
York Castle is a motte and bailey castle founded in 1068 by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England, with its distinctive stone keep, Clifford's Tower, constructed in the late thirteenth century on the original motte. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011799.
York Castle: motte and bailey castle, tower keep castle (including Clifford's Tower), and site of part of Romano-British fort-vicus and Anglian cemetery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011799.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle (0.1 km), Merchant's Hall, Fossgate (0.3 km), City Walls, gates, posterns (not including the section from Bootham Bar to Monk Bar, N of the Minster, now part of National Monument No 13280), moats, mounds, Bayle (or Baile) Hill, St Leonard's Hospital and Merchant Taylor's Hall, Aldwark (0.4 km).
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