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William d'Aubigny II built Castle Rising soon after 1138 to display his sudden rise from ordinary noble to Earl of Arundel. Its great keep still stands with Romanesque arcading and pilasterbuttresses inside earthworks so large they rank among Britain's finest. Queen Isabella later lived there in exile, hosting Edward III while she turned a fortress into a hunting lodge. Much was demolished under Henry VIII, yet the Howard family recovered enough for the ruins to remain a visible marker of ambition, memory and changing ownership.

Castle Rising is shown as a castle on the public map of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

Built by Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, in the early 12th century, Castle Rising is important as a well-preserved example of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle and later stone keep, reflecting the military and administrative strategies of the Anglo-Norman elite.

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