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Author Topic:   Cambridge Castle chocolate Member posted 12-08-2000 12:04 PM             Hi! Can any-one give me any info on Cambridge castle in England? I've got some info from my dad, but I wouldn't mind some more. Thanks in advance. Peter Member posted 12-10-2000 02:47 AM             Cambridge, there is a mound in front of the Shire Hall. The earthworks are partly Norman, partly Roman construction adapted by the Normans. Raised c 1068, so it was one of the earliest Norman sites in England. It was also raided as early as the 14th C, for building stone re the colleges. Although there remained a gatehouse in 1600 which was used as a prison. 'Castles' by Plantagenet Somerset Fry , contains a small description (1980). There is of course much more to the city than the castle mound.

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