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Berkeley Castle
Berkeley Castle
Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle Detail  
     
 
CASTLE NAME: Berkeley Castle
ITEM NUMBER: BERK
SIZE: 5.25" H x 8.0" W
PRICE: $435.00 with base
LIMITED EDITION: 400
SERIES: Castles of England
STATUS: Current
 
 
 
Berkeley Castle History  
     

Often called the most glamorous and aristocratic of English castles, Berkeley Castle is near the town of Berkeley midway between Bristol and Gloucester. The ownership of Berkeley manor moved from Earl Godwin, father of King Harold to Francis Fitz-Osborne around the time of William the Conqueror's invasion of England in 1066. The manor was a western outpost of the new kingdom. The Domesday Book records that the first tenant who held the land in 1086, as Roger de Berkeley.

The oldest part of the castle is the Norman Keep. It is exceptional in that it surrounds instead of being placed on top of the motte. The castle has a dry encircling ditch that can be flooded by the River Severn. At the command of King Henry Il, in 1153, Lord Maurice Berkeley completed his fortress maintaining it as the family home ever since...

 
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