Manchester Castle ( English Manchester Castle ) - a medieval fortress, allegedly located between the Irwell and Irk rivers in the city of the same name, Manchester , UK .
| Castle | |
| Manchester castle | |
|---|---|
| English Manchester castle | |
 Music school at the castle site. | |
| A country | England |
| City | Manchester |
| Established | 1184 year |
| condition | Not preserved |
The first mention of the building dates back to 1184 , and in one of the historical documents of 1215 the castle is listed by the Greyly family, the barons of Manchester. Initially, the buildings were wooden, and only much later erected in stone. Around the castle were three ditches with water.
In his book Warfare in England ( 1912 ), writer and historian Healer Bellock called Manchester Castle one of the two most important defensive lines of medieval England along with the Thames River line.
See also
- List of castles in England
Literature
- Kidd, Alan. Manchester. - Keele: Keele University Press, [1996] 1993. - ISBN 1-85331-028-X .
- Nevell, Mike (2008), Manchester: The Hidden History , The History Press, ISBN 978-0-7524-4704-9
- Newman, Caron. Medieval Period Resource Assessment (unknown) // Archaeology North West. - 2006 .-- T. 8 . - S. 115-144 . - ISSN 0962-4201 .