Framlingham Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Roger Bigod refused a central keep and instead built thirteen mural towers around a hollow centre, forcing attackers to break through one wall before discovering there was no final chamber to take. King John took that unusual castle in 1216 after a short siege, proving that pride of design cannot replace military sense. The later Howard owners turned the same stones into a pleasure palace with artificial meres, gardens and brick rooms, then lost it through debt. Framlingham became a workhouse, a drill hall and a wartime defence before returning as a castle, which means its shape has kept changing while its memory holds every use.

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

Framlingham Castle was built by Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, in the late 12th century, around 1190. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval stone keep and was later held by the powerful Howard family, who played a significant role in English history.

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