What is recorded here

Norwich Castle rose from a buried Saxon cemetery around 1067 when William the Conqueror turned East Anglia into a conquered province. Emma held the besieged keep for three months in 1075 before accepting exile rather than surrender, while later prisoners crowded its cells until 1887. The castle still stands above those forgotten deaths, shifting from weapon to museum without losing the weight of what it crushed.

The National Heritage List for England records Norwich 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.

Norwich Castle was built in the 11th century by the Normans, likely under the orders of William the Conqueror, to consolidate control over East Anglia following the Norman invasion. It is important as a key example of early Norman military architecture and as a historic administrative and judicial centre in eastern England.

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