Rochester Castle Keep by Greyam on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

We visited Rochester in Medway, Kent a few weeks ago, and while there I took this photo of the keep of Rochester Castle. This castle was initially built in the latter years of the eleventh century, while the keep in the photo was built in the early twelfth century. Apparently, the keep is considered one of the best preserved in England and France.

There have been a few sieges during its first three hundred years of existence. From the Baronial wars against King John, invasion by the French during the same king's reign, and the Peasants' Revolt in the fourteenth century, where it was taken over by the peasants' forces.