Medieval and Middle Ages History Timelines - Timeline of Keep Construction

Castles

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Timeline of Keep Construction

A timeline of events detailing the years in which the great Norman keeps were constructed.

Stone Keeps (1070-1100)

Stone Keeps (1100 - 1150)

Stone Keeps (1150 - 1200)

Castle Name	Date	Location / Notes
Appleby Castle	abt. 1170	Westmoreland, Cumbria; Not open to the public
Bamburgh Castle	1164	Northumberland
Brough Castle	abt. 1180	Cumbria
Brougham Castle	1164	Cumbria
Bungay Castle	abt. 1164	Suffolk
Carlisle Castle	abt. 1160	Cumberland
Castle Rising	abt. 1140	Norfolk
Clun Castle		Shropshire
Deddington Castle		Oxfordshire
Dolwyddelan Castle		Caernarvonshire
Dover Castle	abt. 1180	Kent
Goodrich Castle		Herefordshire
Hedingham Castle		Essex
Kenilworth Castle		Warwickshire
Ludlow Castle		Shropshire
Lydford Castle		Devon
Middleham Castle	abt. 1190	Yorkshire
Newcastle Castle	abt. 1171	upon Tyne, Northumberland
Norham Castle	abt. 1160	Northumberland
Peveril Castle	abt. 1176	Derbyshire
Portchester Castle		Hampshire
Prudhoe Castle		Northumberland
Richmond Castle	1171	Yorkshire
Scarborough Castle	1158	Yorkshire

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