What is recorded here
Clifford Castle rose on waste ground seized from a former sheriff, built by William fitzOsbern between 1067 and 1071 to strangle traffic into Wales. Ralph de Tosny later inherited the fortress, which Domesday described as answering to no hundred and supporting sixteen burgesses inside its outer ward. The stone ruins still mark the valley chokepoint where kings measured loyalty in knight's fees and sheriffs farmed the danger for three pounds a year.
The National Heritage List for England records Clifford Castle 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.
Clifford Castle was built by the de Clifford family in the 12th century and later held by the Clifford Earls of Cumberland. It is remembered for its strategic importance in northern England and its association with the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Photo: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0