What is recorded here

Clarendon Palace stands as a medieval ruin east of Salisbury where Henry II framed the Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164 to limit Papal authority. Eleanor of Provence later occupied a refined suite there, complete with marble columns, glazed windows and a chapel overlooking her gardens. The site has been a royal hunting ground since the late Saxon period, and its walls still belong to the memory of law, ceremony and pleasure rather than to any single owner.

The National Heritage List for England records Clarendon Palace as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Clarendon Palace was built by King Henry II in the 12th century as one of the royal palaces used during the Angevin period. It is important as a historical site associated with the development of royal administration in medieval England.

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