Wisbech Castle
History of Wisbech Castle
A motte and bailey castle was built here by the Normans in 1072. It was rebuilt in stone in 1087.
In Tudor times it was a prison.
The site was redeveloped in the C17 and C18 centuries. During the English Civil War the castle was armed with cannon and the drawbridge was repaired.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisbech_Castle
See also, Mike Osborn, Defending Cambridgeshire
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