Credit: Richard Gregory/National Trust Images/Cover Images For the first time since 1646 when Corfe Castle was destroyed ... masons working from ropes and on scaffolding to conserve the stonework ...

Visitors to Corfe Castle can now ... The restoration work at the castle, which started in 2023, involves specialist masons working from ropes and scaffolding to conserve the stonework, using ...

Visitors can now explore the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, England, for the first time in nearly 400 years. A new stairway installed inside the keep allows visitors to see up close the ...

The Dorset castle was surrounded by 50 miles (80km) of scaffolding while damaged stonework was repaired. Doug Whyte, property manager for the National Trust on Purbeck, said: "It's no underestimation ...

The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century for King Henry I. Five hundred years later, it was nearly destroyed in the English Civil War.

Corfe Castle, which commands the Purbeck Hills in Dorset on the country’s south coast, was among the first. It’s mentioned in William’s encyclopedic survey of his new holdings, Domesday Book ...

hitting the Bankes Arms in Corfe Castle, Dorset, just after 08:45 GMT. He was not injured. The car crashed through several levels of scaffolding surrounding the hotel, which is being refurbished ...

Corfe Castle is a village in Dorset on the site of a ruined castle of the same name. It stands over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the ...

Constructed around 1107, the royal residence is located within the walls of Corfe Castle in Dorset, England. The castle was destroyed in the 17th century, and the 75-foot-tall tower has been ...

DURING the Middle Ages this type of device was used to lay siege to ancient strongholds by hurling diseased cows over castle walls. But the good residents of Corfe Castle have no need to keep a ...

A medieval castle tower built for a king has been opened to the public for the first time since 1646. The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century ...