What is recorded here

Chichester Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey built in the 1080s at the north-west corner of the Roman town walls. Its earthen mound and ditch still mark the spot where conquerors imposed themselves on South Sussex after 1066. The bailey has largely vanished to the south, but the mound remains a visible scar in the modern town, a reminder that Chichester was taken, held and governed from that corner of the old Roman boundary.

The National Heritage List for England records Chichester 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.

Chichester Castle was built in the 11th century by the Normans, likely under the direction of Roger de Montgomery, the first Earl of Arundel. It is important as a well-preserved example of Norman military architecture and as a historical site linked to the early medieval history of southern England.

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