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Newcastle upon Tyne's Castle Keep was built by order of King Henry II of England between 1168 and 1178. The keep stands on a site of an earlier Motte-and-bailey castle begun by Robert Curthose, the son of William the Conqueror, in 1080. Prior to this, it was a cemetery belonging to the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Monkchester, and before that the site of Pons Aelius, a Roman fort. Curthose's castle was the "New Castle upon Tyne" from which the city's name derives. The City's Blackgate stands adjacent to the Keep. It was named after Patrick Black, a tenant there in the 17th century. |
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| Author | Robin van Mourik from Alkmaar, Netherlands |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by robinvanmourik at https://www.flickr.com/photos/15808190@N00/486786312. It was reviewed on 22 February 2008 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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