Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 144
nd on which thecastle stands dates from Saxon times, and that itmarks the site of that great battle of the year 530when Cerdic and Cymric conquered the island ofWight, and slew many men. A Norman castlewas reared on this spot before Domesday Book wascompiled, while the present keep dates away… … THE KEEP STEPS, CARISBROOKE CASTLE. The Prison of the Martyr King lOl crumbling ramparts, its grass-paved tilt-yard, andits stately gate-house are chiefly of interest becausethey aid the imagination in re-picturing those seven-teenth century days when the castle became the lastprison of Englands…
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