Colchester Castle

Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. It is located in, and gives its name to, Castle Park. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to it being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius. The castle endured a three-month siege in 1216, but had fallen into disrepair by the seventeenth century when the curtain walls and some of the keep's upper parts were demolished; its original height is debated. The remaining structure was used as a prison and was partially restored as a large garden pavilion, but was purchased by Colchester Borough Council in 1922. The castle has, since 1860, housed Colchester Museum, which has an important collection of Roman exhibits. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building.

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Colchester Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界619位（全3,734件中）、イングランドの160件では58位にランクされています。1069年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の91%より古い城です（11世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の146件のひとつ）。イングランドが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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