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Inside today: Page 2:crossword and jokes Page 3:visit to castle Page 4: wordsearch Page 5: scary stocks Page 6: artefacts
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Castle Herald Wednesday 21st April 2010 Edition1
HOW TO KILL A KING
(WITHOUT LEAVING ANY CLUES)
King Edward II, who suffered this fate.
BY NATASHA ALI Today I am going to tell you how to kill a king without leaving any clues, when all other attempts have failed. Firstly, find your King. Please don‟t try to drown him in cold water, or leave him there for weeks it does-n‟t work. Find a cow and cut of one of his horns and hol-low it out. Put the horn up the king‟s bottom. Next heat a poker in the fire, until it is red hot and glow-
ing. Now push the poker into the horn. Your king will now be in a lot of pain and may scream. Legend says his screams may be heard 50 miles away! He is now cook-ing from the inside out. ( is this a early way of micro-waving?) Cook for as long as it takes him to die. Re-move the poker and horn. Now you have your dead king, but no evidence of how he died.
HISTORY OF THE CASTLE
and some parts of that building can still be seen. We saw lots of other things which we would like to share with you. A guide called Kathleen took us down into the caves under the castle. There were lots of pas-sages that we couldn‟t go down, because they were too dangerous. It felt scary; the air was thick and smelt damp, the floor
was slippery, then it was on to Mortimer's Hole. This is a passageway leading from the castle, right down to the bottom of the castle rock. It was an escape tunnel, but later became a defensive protection, where can-nons could stop attackers reaching the castle. There are lots of other wonderful things to discover, so why not visit it yourself?
BY HASHIL MURSHID On the 18th of March 2010, we went on a fan-tastic trip to the world fa-mous Nottingham castle. The expedition was an amazing opportunity to go back in time. We saw where the original wooden castle stood in 1068. This means there has been a castle for 1,000 years! A stone cas-tle was built in 1100 ad,
Gatehouse at Nottingham Castle
MORTIMER’S TALE
BY REBECCA HILL Mortimer‟s Hole is named after Roger Mortimer, who was the lover of King Edward II‟s wife, Queen Isabella. They were against the king, and planned to murder him. But they had a problem. How could they kill a king without anyone noticing? They thought about it for years, then, at long last, they had a breakthrough - from the in-side! They used a hollowed-out cow‟s horn and a hot poker. Here‟s how they did it: (the faint at heart may want to look away now.) They
rammed the cow‟s horn up the King‟s bottom, then pushed the hot poker through the hole at the end, touching his internal organs, cooking him from the inside out. But someone found out. King Edward III (the mur-dered king‟s son) had sus-pected the happy couple, and had been investigating them for years. He then launched an attack on Nottingham Castle, where Mortimer was hiding at the time. And they struck gold. They brought Mortimer to the tower of London and tried him for treason and regency. He was found guilty of all charges.
Tee hee Read the jokes
on Page 2
Find out about the Newcastle - Nottingham
on Page 6
Find out how we made this paper
on Page 3
GUARD ROBE INTERVIEW
BY SANDI NDLOVU Today we interview Char-lie Smith about his job as a guard robe. When did you become a guard robe? “When I was 9 years old” Did you want to become a guard robe? “Of course I didn’t want to be a stinky guard robe but I had to be, because my dad had just passed away and my mum was ill so I had to do something to bring in some money” Do you think you could have done something else with your life? “Yeah, I think I could have got a better job but it probably wouldn’t have paid as well” How much did you get paid? “At first I got paid mini-mum wage but because I was small and could get into the smallest of places my wages soon got higher” Did you ever get an edu-
cation? “Well I did at first, until I got a job, and that’s when I left school” Did you ever find love? “Well I did eventually but its hard getting a girl when you smell like poo all the time. Now I live with my wife and my 3 kids” What do you think of your life? “I think I’ve done very well for myself, I started off as a guard robe in pubs and all that, but now I clean poo for the posh people at the castle”
Charlie's work place at the castle.
Across
1. A fat and greedy king 2. A place where kings and queens live 4. A wall around a cas-tle courtyard 3. Some one who fights
THE BIG REFORM ACT RIOTS BY LIBBY SCOTNEY
Today in 1831 The Ducal
Palace was looted and
internally gutted by arson-
ists, in protest to the Duke
of Newcastle‟s opposition
to parliamentary reform.
Residents of the slums in
Nottingham rioted in pro-
test against the Duke of
Newcastle's opposition to
the Reform Act by burning
down the mansion. I inter-
viewed one of the slum
residents that helped burn
down Nottingham Castle,
he said “I hate everything
about the castle espe-
cially the people in it!!”
We were probably sur-
prised and a little disap-
pointed to find the first
Duke of Newcastle‟s Du-
cal Palace sitting atop
Castle Rock when it was
built in 1678 when it re-
placed the stone castle
built by Henry II in 1170,
making it the principal
royal fortress in the area
of England known as the
Midlands. However, it lost
its appeal to the later
The big attack at the Nottingham Castle in 1831.
Dukes with the coming of
the Industrial Revolution,
which left Nottingham with
the reputation of having
the worst slums in the
British Empire outside In-
dia.
HISTORICAL CROSSWORD
Down 1.The lion heart 5. People used to drink it instead of water 4. A type of fight
Why did Robin Hood only rob the rich? Because the poor didn't have anything worth stealing!
WIZARD’S WORDS OF WISDOM
SPRING Your season is approaching you. Now is the time to grow your crops and get ready for a long hot summer. When your season is over, you must get all of your blan-kets and pillows cleaned after the Winter to get rid of diseases. SUMMER Now is the time to be working in the fields with your crops. I know that it will be really hard work but remem-ber, you will reap the benefit of your hard word later in the year. Don‟t forget to have some fun with your family on a hot day and treat yourself to a rest. AUTUMN Collect as many crops as you can and store them for the hard times ahead. Prepare your home for the winter weather to come. Do all the repairs and try to insulate your home so that it doesn‟t get too cold. WINTER The important thing is to keep warm and have enough to eat. Wear all of the clothes that you have and don‟t go out if it is too cold outside. Keep a fire burning and make sure that the children and old people stay close to it. If someone gets ill keep them away from everyone else. Enjoy eating all of the crops that you saved in the Summer and Autumn. Enjoy Christmas. Why did the knight run
about shouting for a tin opener? He had a bee in his suit of armour!
Why were the early days of history called the dark ages? Because there were so many knights !
Who invented King Arthur's round table? Sir Circumference!
What was King Arthur's favourite game? Knights and crosses!
What did the Sheriff of Nottingham say when Robin fired at him? That was an arrow escape!
Who invented fractions? Henry the 1/8th!
Why did the Romans build straight roads? So their soldiers didn't go around the bend!
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TOILETS, RIOTS AND FUN!
Read the Apothecary‟s advice on Page 3
A VISIT TO THE CASTLE
BY XSIENNA BROWN On Thursday 18th March we went to Nottingham Castle. We were collected from school in a mini-bus, and then collected some children from another school before arriving at
the castle. We were met by Peter who is an ar-chaeologist. He took us round the outside of the castle and pointed out lots of interesting things. Then a lady came and took us in the caves. We went down deeper and deeper
into the caves. We found out that the castle was built in 1066. We had lunch and played outside for a bit. Then the archae-ologist, Peter, came back and we looked at some artifacts and things.
APOTHECARY’S ADVICE Do you have a problem?
Perhaps you suffer from an embarrassing illness . Perhaps you have a disease that just will not go away.
You can get help! Write to the Apothecary at Nottingham Castle and he
will give you some excellent advice.
Please help me. I work in the garderobe and I smell. Whenever I get a girlfriend they leave me. What can I do. Paul Dear Paul, Next time you have a bath pick some rose pettles and some lavender then mash them together, then mix it into your bath and soak in it for about an hour. And when you get out you should be smell-ing lovely, the girls will love you. If it doesn’t work try putting more lovely smelling flowers into your bath.
Dear Apothecary, The people in my village call me a witch because I have warts. I don't want to be burned at the stake so please tell me how to get rid of them. Bertha
Dear Bertha, Don't worry, there is a simple remedy you can do outside, if the weather is good-try sunbathing. Lay in the sun for a cou-ple of hours (make sure not to get burnt) and eventually, they will flake off! This is because of the vitamin D in the sun's rays, which will help the skin recover and fight off the virus (your warts). If you have lots, they should be gone in 2-3 weeks, and by then you will be feeling on top of the world! Apothecary. Dear Apothecary, My life depends on get-ting some help. I'm in the army but I'm useless with a bow and arrow. All my arrows fall short of the tar-get and my muscles get really tired. Please help me because I don't want to die. John
Dear John, The reason your muscles are getting really tired is because your not getting enough exercise, in your spare time try getting more exercise and try and get more sleep at night. What can i do? I have spots all over my body. Some of them are as big as bees. When I squeeze them yellow gunk comes out if them. Some of them have a black crust and others have a red ring around them. Can you suggest a remedy? Lily Dear Lily, it sounds like you are get-ting troubled with flee bites. I recommend mak-ing a poultice soaked in urine and wrapping it round the sores. Apothecary
Team photo, taken at the e-Learning Centre
SNOTTINGHAM’ PUPILS
RE-TELL THE STORIES OF
NOTTINGHAM CASTLE
BY ANNE LINDLEY AND JILL POLLICOTT In March a group of 24 Year 5-6 pupils visited Nottingham Castle and took a journey in time through a thousand year history of Nottingham Castle. The day was led by Peter Hammond, an a r c h a e o l o g i s t w h o recounted tales of kings, murders, kidnaps and riots. He also taught the pupils how archaeologists have found out how the people lived in those times. Today the pupils have
come to the South e-learning Centre in Clifton to work, as journalists and produced this „historic newspaper‟ under the guidance of Janet Simner, e-learning consultant. Having prepared their individual articles and other newspaper items they learned how to bring these together into one newspaper. They all worked extremely hard and under pressure in the newsroom as they tried to meet their deadline and get to press by the end of the afternoon.
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ALL ABOUT US
Read the jokes on Page 2
THE CASTLE ITSELF
Nottingham Castle painted in the medieval style
BY JELENA BIEBER
The castle was first built in 1067 on the orders of William the Conqueror. It had an advantage as it was built on a big hill. But it was originally made of wood which was consid-ered to be not a very good material for the cas-tle. Over 100 years after in 1170 Henry the 2nd de-cided to rebuild Notting-ham Castle in stone which was a lot safer and more suitable. At the time this castle was used many times for the
royal people and was a lot more known then. Now it is not as popular. In 1194 Richard the Lion-heart reclaimed Notting-ham castle as his own temporarily from his brother John using siege tactics. In the 1330‟s there was a story about a secret pas-sage built in a rock – it‟s commonly known as Mortimer‟s Hole. The hole was used as a way for the king at the time Edward III and his supporters to kill Mortimer who loved Queen Isabella.
BY TIANNA POWELL Roger Mortimer was a charismatic Welsh Lord who declared himself to be the Earl of March, then a no-man's land between England and Wales. He was held in the Tower of London for siding against King Edward II in 1324 and scheduled to lose his head, when the young and beautiful Queen Isa-bella (French, of course), fell in love with Mortimer. She helped him escape to France where they raised an army, crossed the channel and defeated her husband, putting her teenage son Edward III on the throne. Edward II, lavished too much power and position on his "favourite" and im-prisoned at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire for a time, and then moved to Berkeley Castle where he was murdered by being impaled with a red-hot poker through a horn in his anus to avoid detec-tion, and the illicit couple jointly ruled as chancellor. When the young King Ed-
ROGER MORTIMER IN LOVE (1287 – 1330)
tingham Castle is now gone, destroyed in the English Civil War and re-placed by a later palace, now a museum, but you can still see the secret tunnel of “Mortimer‟s Hole”. Mortimer was returned to the Tower of London through “Traitor‟s Gate” where prisoners were brought in from the Thames and finally did lose his head, which sat on a pike on London Bridge collecting flies for awhile - a warning to oth-ers of similar ambition.
ward was to turn 18, Mortimer planned to mur-der him and his young wife, Queen Philippa, and put their infant son on the throne, so he could dis-band the Parliament and name himself Lord Pro-tector of England. But young king Edward, discovered the plot and got word to men outside, who crawled through a secret cave under the mountain into the castle and arrested Mortimer. The cave is now known as "Mortimer's Hole". Most of the medieval Not-
A picture of Mortimer's Hole
BY ABDUL ABDUL A great number of English
noblemen went away with
Richard lll and it was said
that Nottingham Castle
was left derelict and it
was occupied by the
Sheriff of Nottingham. In
1194, a historic battle
took place at Nottingham
Castle when the support-
ers of Prince John cap-
tured it.
Whilst Richard the Lion-
heart was away on the
Third Crusade. John tried
so hard to take over the
throne whilst his brother
(Richard) was away.
News of John's rebellion
reached Richard, and at
the end of 1192 Richard
made for home. Trying to
avoid the territory and
killed all his guards. He
reclaimed Nottingham
Castle in 1194.
RICHARD RE-
CLAIMS NOT-
TIGHAM CASTLE
BY SOLOMON CHAMBERLIN England's first Norman king, William I, was born in 1028, at Falaise Castle, the illegitimate son of Robert the Devil or the Magnificent, Duke of Nor-mandy and Herleve, (sometimes called Arlette) the daughter of Fullbert, a tanner of Falaise. Before history renamed him the Conqueror he was more commonly known to his contemporaries as Wil-liam the Bastard. Herleve was reported to have at-tracted Duke Robert with her dancing, in some ac-counts, he is said to have first caught sight of her while she was washing her linen in the castle moat. The Norman dynasty had been founded by Robert's ancestor Rollo or Hrolf the Ganger, a Viking raider chief, who was granted the duchy by Charles the Simple, King of France, in 911, at the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, in ex-change for feudal alle-giance and conversion to Christianity at which he
took the baptismal name of Robert. William's mother, Herleve,
also had a daughter, Ade-
laide, to Duke Robert. Al-
though they had a long
relationship, the gap in
their social standing ren-
dered marriage out of the
question and Herleve was
married off to one of
Robert's vassals, Herluin,
a knight. From this mar-
riage, Herleve produced
two further sons, Robert,
who later became Count
of Mortain and Odo, des-
tined to become Bishop of
Bayeux and also to play a
part in England's history.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
R P D O O H N I B O R
U M A H G N I T T O N
H F M N O P L U O R J
E R I C H A R D D B L
N A P T U T P R P D U
R R I C H M M N Q D O
Y L R L A V E I D E M
S A I R D B E O P U R
E B C O A C F N O P A
C J H Q N E R G A M W
O E R Y L H L R E E L
N R B T O N E I F U I
D Q S D Q D P A U H V
G A A M F R P D R I I
C H S T O C K S P T C
William the Conqueror
TRY THIS WORDSEARCH BY JUDE DARKE
These are the words that are hidden in this wordsearch: CIVIL WAR MEDIEVAL NOTTINGHAM STOCKS CASTLE ROBIN HOOD LION HEART RICHARD HENRY SECOND
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EARLY HISTORY AT THE CASTLE
Read the Wizard‟s words of wisdom on Page 2
SCARY STOCKS
Jane's aunt being punished in some stocks.
BY RACHELLE SMYTH Attractive blonde Jane Goodman, 21, tells us why her aunt was put in stocks as a punishment for stealing a loaf of bread, to feed her starv-ing children. “It was terrible” she ad-mits “I was just behind her, she was limp and life-less. She was dying and she knew it, all I could do was hope for the best and for her to be released. She looked dreadful, her hair and face was cov-ered in smelly, rotting ma-nure. There was a huge cut on her head and blood was pouring down the
back of her neck, soaking into her ragged clothes. More cuts were on her hands and arms, where the angry crowd had showered her with rocks and stones. At 4.00pm. She was fi-nally released and she collapsed on the floor. Then her friend Steven arrived. He brought water, food and medicine. He helped me to carry her away to a quiet, where we could try to revive her. I think it is horrific the way she has been treated. She was only try-ing to feed her family and shouldn‟t have been pun-ished.”
RICHARD III GOES TO BOSWORTH
BY CHEYENNE THOMP-
SON
Richard was the last
Yorkist king of England,
whose death at the Battle
of Bosworth effectively
ended the Wars of the
Roses. He has become
infamous because of the
disappearance of his
young nephews.
Richard was born on 2 October 1452 at Fotherin-gay Castle in Northamp-tonshire. His father was Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and his mother Cecily Neville. Richard III officially began his reign. He was crowned in July. The two
young princes disap-peared in August and were widely rumoured to have been murdered by Richard. A rebellion raised by the Duke of Buckingham in October quickly collapsed, but Buckingham's defection, along with his supporters,
eroded Richard's power and support among the aristocracy and gentry.
In August 1485, Henry
Tudor, Earl of Richmond,
who was a Lancastrian
claimant to the throne
landed in South Wales.
He marched east and en-
gaged Richard in battle
on Bosworth Field on 22
August. Richard rode
from Nottingham Castle
with his army to fight at
Bosworth. Although Rich-
ard possessed superior
numbers, several of his
key lieutenants defected.
Refusing to flee, Richard
was killed in battle and
Henry Tudor took the
throne as Henry VII.
CIVIL WAR STARTS IN 1642 BY NATHAN PEARSON The English Civil War started in 1642 when Charles I raised his royal standard in Nottingham. The split between Charles and Parliament was such that nei-ther side was willing to back down over the principles that they held and war was inevita-ble as a way in which all prob-lems could be solved. The country split into those who supported the king and those who supported Parliament – the classic ingredients for a civil war. As with most wars during the C17th, the English Civil War was not a long continuous war. Armies lacked mobility and the time taken to collect the most basic of equipment meant that there were long periods of time when no fighting was taking place despite England being at war at the time. The weather was also a major determining factor in whether armies could fight or not. Roads were no more than tracks and the win-ter could cut them up to make them beyond use. Therefore moving any armies around would be very difficult. While it is difficult to give an exact breakdown of who sup-ported who as there were re-gional variations, at a general level the nobility, landowners and Anglicans supported Charles I while those in the towns and cities supported Parliament. However, this is a generalisation and there were noblemen who supported Par-liament and there were towns such as Newark that supported Charles. The first major battle of the English Civil War was at Edge Hill. While both sides claimed success, there was no decisive result from this battle. The fol-
lowing year, 1643, saw a series of smaller battles that were equally as indecisive in the sense that neither side dealt a fatal blow to the other. In 1644, Charles lost control of the north of England as a result of a ma-jor defeat at the Battle of Mar-ston Moor. The combined ar-mies of Parliament and the Scots heavily defeated the Royalists. In June 1645, Cromwell‟s New Model Army inflicted a fatal blow to the king‟s army at the Battle of Naseby. Charles did not recover from this defeat and his cause was lost. In 1646, Charles surrendered to the Scots rather than to Par-liament. He hoped to take ad-
vantage of the fact that the Scottish and Parliamentary alliance was fragile and could collapse at any time. In fact, the Scots took advantage of Charles and sold him to Parlia-ment for £400,000 in January 1647. The problem Parliament now had was what to do with Charles. The supporters of the king were defeated at Preston. All that Charles had proved to Parliament was that he could not be trusted. Charles was tried at Westmin-ster Hall in January 1649, and found guilty that he had “traitorously and maliciously levied war against the present Parliament and the people therein represented.”
Pike soldiers in The Civil War
PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION
At the end of the Civil War Colonel John Hutchinson had a great idea to demolish Notting-ham Castle to prevent any fu-ture use as a force against people. At the beginning of the 17
th
century the castle had stood for more than 500 years. Notting-ham castle was originally built of wood, and then it was as-sembled with stone. The first Norman castle was a wooden structure and a matte and bailey design, and was built in 1067, a year after the battle of Hastings. In 1194 a historic battle took place at Nottingham castle when the supporters of Prince John cap-tured it.
In 1365 Edward III improved the castle with a new tower, from 1403 until 1437 it was the main residence of Henry IV`S queen (Joan). The castle ceased to be a royal residence by 1600 and was largely rendered obsolete in the 16th century by artillery. A short time following the break out of the English Civil War, the castle was already in a semi-ruined state after a number of skirmishes occurred on the site. Towards the end of the Civil War, Charles I chose Not-tingham as the rallying point for his armies, but soon after he departed, the castle rock was made defensible and held by the parliamentarians.
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LATER HISTORY AT THE CASTLE
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CASTLE ARTEFACTS
Archaeologist Peter Hammond holding up a valuable Roman mug
BY AARON AHMED On the 18th of March 2010 different schools were lucky enough to visit the castle in Nottingham, to look at the castle‟s ar-tefacts, discovered by Pe-ter Hammond, an archae-ologist. There was a real human skull from the 13th cen-tury. There were coins, that we made rubbings of, and lots of animal bones. There were also a lot of shells. Peter told us that they were from mussels and
oysters, and that people had thrown them away hundreds of years ago, after eating the insides. There were things that we recognise today like, thim-bles, rings and bangles. There were some needles made from animal bones. There was a rabbit‟s skull, animal teeth, human teeth, a sheep jaw and lots of other bones that had been found. It was really interesting day, the children learned lots of things, and some even want to be an ar-chaeologist.
NOTTINGHAM CASTLE HISTORY
An 18th Century sketch of Nottingham Castle’s drawbridge.
BY SUZY HATTON Parts of the Nottingham Castle in the past and to-day. 1067 – William the Con-queror builds the first cas-tle on the site, a wooden structure built upon the vantage point of the cas-tle rock. 1170 – This wooden structure was replaced by a far more defensible stone castle during the reign of Henry 11 and was imposing and of a complex architectural de-sign, which eventually comprised an upper bai-ley at the highest point of the castle rock, a middle bailey to the north which contained the royal apart-ments, and a large outer bailey to the east. This castle was a really important royal residence that was used by many kings and queens and was the site of many im-portant historical events. 1651 – At the end of the civil war it was knocked down by Colonel Hutchin-son.
1663 – William Caven-dish, First Duke of New-castle, purchases the site. He begins work on a prospect house high on Castle Rock but dies be-fore its completion. His son completes work on this unique building in 1678. 1831 – The building is at-tacked and looted by riot-ers following the Duke of Newcastle‟s opposition to parliamentary reform. The Ducal Palace is gutted internally when arsonists vent their anger at the Duke. As a silent rebuke
to the people of Notting-ham the Duke leaves the ruined building un-repaired for 45 years. 1875 – Thomas Cham-bers Hine, a local archi-tect, is appointed to adapt the Castle into a building suitable for use as a mu-seum and art gallery. 1878 – Nottingham Castle is opened by the Prince of Wales who later becomes Edward VII. Nottingham celebrates the first mu-nicipal museum and art gallery outside London.
NOTTINGHAM CASTLE RISES
FROM THE ASHES
BY MORGAN ATKINSON Today the new Notting-ham „Castle‟ was finally completed after 15 years. William Cavendish, who started the rebuild died before it was completed and his son (Henry) had to complete the unique building. William Cavendish was the first Duke of Newcas-tle and his son Henry was the second. William Cavendish was a Royalist Commander in the Civil War and wanted his new house to be called a Cas-tle even though it wasn‟t one to show that he sup-ported the Royal Cause. Nottingham Castle, which was originally built of wood by William the Con-queror in 1067 and then in stone by Henry II in 1170, was demolished after the Civil War in in 1651. Since then the site has been in ruins.
The new building, called the Ducal Palace, isn‟t really a castle but a man-sion. Despite the destruction of the keep and fortifications of the upper bailey, some rock cut cellars and me-dieval pointed arches sur-vive beneath the man-sion, together with a long passage to the bottom of
the rock, commonly known as Mortimer's Hole. William Cavendish, who was the son of the 8
th
Baron Ogle, was born in 1592. He served as a tu-tor to Charles 11 from 1638 to 1641. Cavendish became governor of the Prince of Wales and Privy Councillor.
HENRY THE 2ND REBUILDS NOTTINGHAM
CASTLE IN STONE
BY MASON POLAK On the death of King Stephen in 1154, Henry came to the English throne at the age of 21 in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Wallingford. In 1170, King Henry II founded the stone castle in Notting-ham, when making the site the principal royal for-tress in the Midlands. He enhanced the castle's stone fortifications, en-
closing the Middle Bailey with a high stone wall, adding a tower over the gateway and a new bridge over the middle moat. The only surviving medieval remains of the upper bailey is Mortimer's Hole, a passage which leads to the base of the rock. Henry II loved Not-tingham because of Sher-wood Forest He loved go-ing hunting.
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CASTLE HISTORY
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The Newcastle Crest above a window at the Castle
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