Photographs of Rochester Castle

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Rochester Castle is one of the best-preserved castles of its kind in the UK. There has been a castle on this site since Roman times (since about AD43), to guard the important river crossing, where they constructed a bridge over the Medway. It is the Norman castle of 1127 which can be seen today.
The wooden flooring in the centre of the keep is gone, but many of the passageways and spiral staircases within the thickness of the walls are still usable. Decorative chevrons ornament the archways and the water well in the cross-wall is clearly visible.

The Outer Bailey from the Keep

Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway, in Rochester, Kent.
Hedingham Castle, in Essex, is a similar style and Newcastle and Dover Castles were built by the same architect.

Rochester Castle Keep

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