Constructed around 1107, the royal residence is located within the walls of Corfe Castle in Dorset ... Perched on a 180-foot-tall hill, Henry’s tower dominates the countryside’s skyline.

CORFE CASTLE was built after the Norman conquest in 1066. The medieval stronghold has seen battles, murders and the assassination of a King. Corfe Castle stands overlooking the village of the same ...

Credit: Richard Gregory/National Trust Images/Cover Images For the first time since 1646 when Corfe Castle was destroyed ... positioned atop a 55-metre-high hill, and could be seen from miles ...

The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century for King Henry I. Five hundred years later, it was nearly destroyed in the English Civil War.

FOR the first time since 1646, the public will be able to access a tower at Corfe Castle that was built for ... positioned atop a 55-metre-high hill, and could be seen from miles around.

Visitors to Corfe Castle can now view a tower built for King ... positioned on top of a 180ft (55m) hill, and could be seen from miles around, but was destroyed by parliamentarian troops in ...

Corfe Castle, which commands the ... William’s son King Henry I developed the castle further. He erected a 70-foot keep atop the chalky hill and turned it into a luxurious royal residence ...

Corfe Castle is a village in Dorset on the site of a ruined castle of the same name. It stands over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the ...

Visitors look out from the Kings View Platform at Corfe Castle. National Trust / Richard Gregory Perched on a 180-foot-tall hill, Henry’s tower dominates the countryside’s skyline. The ...

A medieval castle tower built for a king has been opened to the public for the first time since 1646. The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century ...