What is recorded here

Launceston Castle rose after 1068 as Robert the Count of Mortain's administrative heart for Cornwall, forcing a whole town into its cramped bailey before Richard of Cornwall rebuilt it in stone and added a high tower for viewing his lands. It survived the Prayer Book Rebellion and English Civil War, then decayed into Castle Terrible, a gaol so cruel it became a local warning rather than a pride. Today the motte, keep and tower still overlook the former deer park, preserving the shape of a place that administered, wounded and finally released Cornwall.

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

Launceston Castle was built by the Normans in the late 11th or early 12th century and later held by the de Redvers family, then the Courtenays. It is important as a key medieval stronghold in Cornwall and as the birthplace of the Duke of Cornwall, later King Edward V.

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