Rochester Castle

E411325

Norman fortress medieval castle

Rochester Castle is a Norman stone fortress in Rochester, Kent, England, renowned for its well-preserved great keep and its strategic role in medieval conflicts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rochester Castle canonical	11
Rochester Castle keep	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norman fortress ⓘ medieval castle ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Norman architecture ⓘ
builder	Gundulf of Rochester ⓘ surface form: Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester
builtFor	Bishop of Rochester ⓘ William de Corbeil ⓘ
category	Castles in Kent ⓘ English Heritage sites in Kent ⓘ Ruined castles in England ⓘ
constructionEnd	early 12th century ⓘ
constructionStart	late 11th century ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
coordinateLocation	51.389°N 0.505°E ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
currentUse	historical monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
era	Norman period ⓘ
floorPlan	square keep ⓘ
hasPart	bailey ⓘ corner towers ⓘ curtain walls ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ great keep ⓘ
hasView	River Medway ⓘ historic city of Rochester ⓘ
height	approximately 34 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ Scheduled monument ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Kent ⓘ
locatedOn	east bank of the River Medway ⓘ
location	Rochester, Kent, England ⓘ
managedBy	English Heritage ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
nearby	Rochester Bridge ⓘ Rochester Cathedral ⓘ
notableFor	role in medieval conflicts ⓘ well-preserved Norman great keep ⓘ
numberOfStoreys	three main storeys plus basement and battlements ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
ownedBy	English Heritage ⓘ
significantEvent	Siege of 1215 ⓘ Siege of 1264 ⓘ
strategicImportance	controlled crossing of the River Medway ⓘ guarded route between London and Dover ⓘ
usedFor	administrative centre ⓘ military defence ⓘ royal stronghold ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

siege of Rochester Castle → hasLocation → Rochester Castle ⓘ

siege of Rochester Castle → hasSite → Rochester Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rochester Castle keep

historic county of Kent → contains → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Rochester → hasLandmark → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Kentish ragstone → notableUseIn → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Rochester Cathedral → adjacentTo → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Medway → hasCulturalSite → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Norman keep → notableExample → Rochester Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rochester Castle keep

Rochester, Kent, England → hasLandmark → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Rochester, Kent, England → hasCastle → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Rochester Bridge → near → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Medway unitary authority → hasHistoricSite → Rochester Castle ⓘ

Norman architecture → notableExample → Rochester Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rochester Castle keep

North Downs Way National Trail → passesNear → Rochester Castle ⓘ