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Colchester Castle is the largest Norman keep in Europe because William I built it directly upon the massive Roman foundations of the Temple of Claudius. That strange layering means medieval stone still rests on Roman ambition, creating a tower large enough to dwarf the White Tower in London. The castle survived a brutal siege in 1216 before becoming a prison and museum, proving that strength often comes from standing on the bones of older empires.

Colchester Castle is shown as a castle on the public map of Colchester. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

Colchester Castle was built in the late 11th or early 12th century by the Normans, likely under the orders of William the Conqueror or his successors, to consolidate control over the eastern part of England. It is important as one of the earliest Norman castles in England and as a symbol of the Norman conquest's impact on British fortification and governance.

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