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Castle Hill in Cambridge, England, is located in the Castle ward of the city. Cambridgeshire County Council's former headquarters, Shire Hall, are located directly adjacent to Castle Hill.
History
The hill is the site of the original settlement, north of the River Cam.[1] There is evidence of pre-Roman activity, but the Romans created a town called Duroliponte here. It was a convenient place to cross the river. At the time it was at the head of the navigable part of the river, then known as the River Granta. St Peter's Church, located halfway up the hill, has some pieces of Roman tile in its walls.
In the Anglo Saxon period, the hill was used for defence. In 1068, the Normans built Cambridge Castle on the hill. The castle is no longer extant; only the castle mound and some groundworks remain.
See also
- Castle Street, southwest of Castle Hill
- Honey Hill, also to the southwest
References
52°12′46″N 0°06′46″E / 52.2128°N 0.1128°E / 52.2128; 0.1128
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Edward I built a stone castle on this hill, which later fell into disrepair, and later restored by Oliver Cromwell's forces during the [first] English Civil War in 1642.
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Paul during the first round told us:
Castle Hill is still (or at least was when I was there) the seat of some local government offices (Shire Hall I think). It's not a particularly big hill but by the Fenland's lowly standards was significant enough to be the site of a Roman tower/castle overlooking the road North.
vicente somewhat disagreed:
Castle Hill is reputed to be the highest point in Cambs., and great visual of Ely Cathedral to the North, at one time one could scale a church steeple in the Town of Camb., before it was delegated a City, it not having a Cathedral and the Ely Masters would never let that happen.
One could see the North Sea near Wisbech.
I hope some one can post some of the gory details of the fair trials of the assizes besides Bloody J. Jeffries. ...