|
|
 |
Extract from the Rochester Travel Guides:
ROCHESTER
was first settled by the Romans, who built a fortress on the site of the present
Castle
(daily: April-Sept 10am-6pm; Oct 10am-5pm; Nov-March 10am-4pm; 3.60; EH) at the northwest end of the High Street; some kind of fortification has remained here ever since. In 1077, William I gave Gundulf, architect of the White Tower at the Tower of London, the see of Rochester and the job of improving the defences on the Medway's northernmost bridge on Watling Street. The castle remains one of the best-preserved examples of a Norman fortress in England. The stark 100-foot-high keep glowers over the town, while its interior is...
read the whole Rochester Travel Guides...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|