What is the largest castle in the United Kingdom?

Answer 1

Chepstow castle in Wales is the oldest surviving stone castle and post Roman fortress in Great Britain. Itâ??s a Norman castle built less than a year after William the Conqueror took the Isles in 1067. Originally called Striguil, it is still standing and a popular tourist attraction.

Answer 2

Chepstow Castle, located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving stone fortification in Britain. It was built under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and was the southernmost of a chain of castles built along the English-Welsh border in the Welsh Marches.

Building work started under William FitzOsbern in 1067 or shortly afterwards. The Great Tower was probably completed by about 1090.

Answer 3

Berkely Castle Gloucestershire, is the oldest still inhabited castle in England.

It was constructed from 1154 A.D., on the orders of Henry II, with the aim of defending the Bristol - Gloucester Road, the Severn estuary and the Welsh border. It continues to belong to the Berkeley family, descendants of Robert Fitzharding, who completed the keep around 1189.

Answer 4

Racepuri in Snappertuna, the eldest castle in Europe, 80 km west of Helsinki, near Strømsø

Answer 5

Windsor Castle which is also the largest inhabited castle in the world.

Answer 6

Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the UK.

Answer 7

is the berkshire castle in london.

Answer 8

motte and bailey