Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle

Year

1086

Type

building

Windsor Castle began around 1070 as a Norman motte-and-bailey built by William the Conqueror on a chalk ridge above the Thames, to control the western approach to London. Henry II replaced the timber defenses with stone between 1165 and 117 …

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