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Image 1 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 2 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 3 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 4 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 5 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 6 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 7 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 8 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 9 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 10 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 11 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 12 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
Image 13 — Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege
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Carisbrooke Castle, the final prison of King Charles I and the survivor of a French siege

Built originally as a motte and bailey, Carisbrooke castle survived a French siege during the hundred years war and the sacking of the Isle of Wight - only being broken after a crossbowman shot the French commander. It was later used as a prison for King Charles I after the English civil war, and served as his final residence prior to his execution (slide 8 being his bedchamber).

u/C4rpy88 — 1 day ago
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The 1800 year old Portchester Castle began as a Roman fort, and has been occupied by the Celts, Romans, Anglo Saxons, Normans, modern English, and Napoleonic prisoners.

Portchester Castle (originally Portus Adurni) was built in the 3rd Century by the Romans to protect the South coast of England from pirate raids. After the abandonment of Britannia, Romano-Briton Celtic tribes made the space inside the fort home. The Anglo-Saxons then captured the fort, and used it as a military instillation. The Norman invasion resulted in a large keep being installed, and subsequent English kings expanded the residences around the keep, while retaining the original Roman walls. It is famous as the castle where Henry V gathered his men for their invasion of France and the battle of Agincourt, and as a prison for Napoleons troops, whose graffiti can still be seen on the walls of the keep.

u/C4rpy88 — 8 days ago