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Newark Castle

newark castle

Location: Nottinghamshire(SK 796540) Type: quadrangular Date: 1130
Built by the Bishop of Lincoln. Stonework was added during the reign of Stephen. King John held the castle during the Magna Carta War, and also died there in 1216. Slighted after the Civil War.


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