Christchurch Castle was built in the late 11thC to protect the town's
and river access to the interior of Wessex. It was built inside the
Saxon fort whose walls were probably used to build the castle mound or
motte. The luxurious Contable's Hall was built around 1150. The stone
keep, (slighted after 1650), replaced a wooden structure about 1300. The
castle saw action in the Anarchy about 1147 and in the Civil War in
1645
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