England · Restored
Lincoln Castle
Lincoln Castle is a major medieval fortress in Lincoln, England, built by the Normans on a Roman fort site and notable for having two mottes. The castle retains a long stone curtain wall, multiple towers and an arched west gate and remains a well-preserved scheduled monument open to visitors.
First raised
1068
Its prime
1220
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1220
The shape it held in its prime.
A long pale limestone curtain wall with continuous crenellated parapet runs along a raised Roman fort plateau, broken at the south by two grassy mottes. A large arched west gate is flanked by twin cylindrical drum towers; a square tower stands atop the south‑east motte and the Lucy Tower crowns the south‑west mound. The wall follows the slope of the land, with steep grassy revetments to the south, and the battlements and towers present a complete medieval silhouette.
Its story
The story of Lincoln Castle.
William the Conqueror built Lincoln Castle in the late 11th century on the remains of the Roman walled fortress of Lindum Colonia, one of a chain of castles — with Cambridge, Huntingdon, Nottingham, Warwick and York — thrown up to project his power over the Danelaw. He found at Lincoln a Viking commercial and trading centre of six to eight thousand people.
Unusually, the castle has two mottes, a feature shared in England only with Lewes. It remained in use as a prison and court into modern times — the Crown Courts still sit here — and is among the better preserved castles in England. Now owned by Lincolnshire County Council, it displays one of only four surviving exemplars of the 1215 Magna Carta, and visitors can walk the complete circuit of the walls.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1220.
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