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Canterbury Castle from Castle Street
Canterbury Castle from Castle Street - by Victor Naumenko ©

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Canterbury Castle from Castle Street

The Castle saw the first of historical drama in 1087, when monks of St Augustine's Abbey refused to accept a new Norman abbot. Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury, had the ringleaders of the monks imprisoned in the Castle. The new keep was begun in the reign of William II and completed about 1120 by Henry I. This stolid stone structure stood 80 feet high and measured about 98 by 85 feet. The walls were massively thick, about 13 feet in places.
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Photographer: © Victor Naumenko (Gallery)(10th December 2011)

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Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200
Exposure Program: Program, Focal length: 7.6 mm, ISO: 125, Exposure time: 1/500 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: January 5, 2011, 1:26 pm
ImageID:1142826, Image size: 2048 x 1536 pixels

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