Purbeck, Dorset, England, Corfe, Corfe Castle, Historic Monument, Tourist Attraction, Visitor Attraction, English Heritage, Village Pub, The Greyhound, Bankes Arms Hotel, Station Road, Ancient Monument, Castle, Isle of Purbeck
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Description
Corfe Village with Corfe Castle in the background. The Purbeck District of Dorset, Summer 1959. The castle is shown undergoing cement repairs (removed and replaced with Lime mortar in 2008)
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Corfe Castle Dorset UK corfe Purbeck SE England ancient UK National Trust Thousand year old castle English Civil war mediaeval hill Swanage Railway Swanage horizontal HISTEN
Architecture, black and white, building, castles, clouds, culture, customs, defence, fortification, gorse bush, grass, hill, keep, landscape, mist, misty, monument, morning, national heritage, ruins, semi-silhouette, social history, society, stronghold, tradition, valley, raho, Dorset, England
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turret; 'Corfe Castle'; Dorset; England; 'built by Henry 1'; '12th Century AD'; Norman; 'stone construction'; 'Purbeck Limestone'; defensive; 'military defence'; 'tourist attraction'; 'open to public'; 'historic building'; castle; stronghold
Description
One of the turrets of Corfe Castle in Dorset, England. Construction of the castle was begun in the early 12th Century AD by King Henry 1, son of William the Conqueror.
