Conisbrough Castle was originally built around 1070, like most early castles it was made from wood surrounded by a moat. The Keep was the first stone building replacing the wooden keep dating around 1180.The castle is managed by the Ivanhoe Trust.    
 For more information visit the Conisbrough Castle website.
05/10/07  (pictures taken 22/09/07).

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Following the path from the visitor centre

Just past the gatehouse wall the remains of what is thought to be where the Chapel once stood

The prison cell which was below the guardhouse

Latrine Pit

Close to the Keep is the kitchen

I guess this was used to dispose of the waste sluice
 to the outside of the castle walls

The Keep, the castle is famous for it's inclusion in
 Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe

Once the grandest room in the castle is the Lords Hall

One of many small windows in the Keep

The Lords Chamber

The toilet

Stairs leading to the roof of the Keep

From the top of the Keep a glimpse of the River Don

Coronation Park below the castle

The Railway Viaduct is now disused

Looking down to the castle walls

Coronation Park, this fountain and lamp was placed in honour of
 the Coronation of King George V in 1911.

War Memorial to the 1914-1918 Great War

The Village Stocks

View of Conisbrough Castle

Older than the castle St. Peters Church has been dated to 750 A.D.

All Images © John Beres & Carol Carlin 2003-2008