CONISBROUGH CASTLE - Plantagenet powerhouse, Saxon stronghold, a royal plot and Merlin!

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Join the Go Visit Castles team as they explore Yorkshire’s Conisbrough castle, home of the upcoming Plantagenets with its unique stone keep. Built originally by William de Warenne, the castle that stands today was designed and built by Hamelin Plantagenet. Geoffrey of Monmouth noted that the land here belonged to Ambrosius Aurelianus, one of the candidates for the legendary King Arthur. Ambrosius had the Saxon leader Hengist beheaded and buried at the castle's entrance, under the mound that is locally known as Hengist's mound...
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