Qualla: Richmond Castle https://qualla.com/richmond-castle en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/v/richmond-castle-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Richmond Castle https://qualla.com/richmond-castle Richmond Castle: Introduction https://qualla.com/richmond-castle/ Photo credit The original uploader was Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0. According to local legend, King Arthur and his knights sleep in a cave beneath Richmond Castle, waiting to be summoned in England's hour of greatest need. A potter named Thompson supposedly discovered them once and fled when they began to stir. Whether or not Arthur sleeps below, the castle above the River Swale is very much awake to history. Built by Alan Rufus of Brittany beginning in 1071 -- making him one of the richest men in the medieval world -- Richmond Castle is the best-preserved early Norman fortress in England, and its walls contain a more recent story of conscience and resistance that the Normans could never have anticipated.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/v/richmond-castle-wp/gcwv-richmond-castle-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Richmond Castle: The Harrying and the Hill https://qualla.com/richmond-castle/ Photo credit Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0. Richmond Castle was born from conquest and punishment. In 1069, William the Conqueror crushed a rebellion in York and launched the Harrying of the North, a campaign of deliberate devastation that depopulated large areas of northern England for a generation. He then distributed th...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/v/richmond-castle-wp/gcwv-richmond-castle-the-harrying-and-the-hill.mp3 0:06 2 full Richmond Castle: The Castle's Bones https://qualla.com/richmond-castle/ Photo credit Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0. Richmond's layout is unusual: a triangular main enclosure dictated by the shape of the hilltop, with a keep at the northern corner overlooking the Swale. The original 11th-century gate arch survives in the basement of the 12th-century keep, which was built directly in front of it...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/v/richmond-castle-wp/gcwv-richmond-castle-the-castles-bones.mp3 0:06 3 full Richmond Castle: The Richmond Sixteen https://qualla.com/richmond-castle/ Photo credit Immanuel Giel, Public domain. The castle's cell block holds 2,300 examples of graffiti left by prisoners from the mid-19th century to the 1970s. The most significant were the Richmond Sixteen -- conscientious objectors imprisoned at the castle during the First World War. These men refused to fight on grounds ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/w/v/richmond-castle-wp/gcwv-richmond-castle-the-richmond-sixteen.mp3 0:06 4 full Richmond Castle: The Strong Hill Today https://qualla.com/richmond-castle/ Photo credit G. T. Clark, Public domain. Richmond Castle is a Grade I listed building and scheduled monument, managed by English Heritage. The view from the keep encompasses the town of Richmond below -- a town that grew up around and because of the castle -- and the River Swale curving through its valley. The castle's ...

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