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CASTLE INFORGRAPHIC<\/h4>\n\n

Timbers, towers and turrets<\/h2>\n\n

We reveal the hidden features and architectural quirks you should look out for when exploring Britain\u2019s most magnificent medieval masterpieces… <\/p>\n\n

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DID YOU KNOW?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

THE NOT-SO GREAT ESCAPE<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In May 1648, Charles I was caught trying to escape his imprisonment at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. Having applied nitric acid to a metal window bar, he was discovered sawing at it with a hacksaw. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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A spiral staircase inside one of Dover Castle\u2019s towers. Its tight, twisting design means it takes up less room than a conventional staircase <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

IN NUMBERS <\/h3>\n\n

Six fascinating stats about British castles <\/h6>\n\n

172 <\/h2>\n\n

The length, in days, of Henry III\u2019s 1266 siege of Kenilworth Castle \u2013 the longest in English medieval history<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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>300 <\/h2>\n\n

The number of fireplaces at Windsor Castle \u2013 the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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47 <\/h2>\n\n

The years it took to build Caernarfon Castle, Wales \u2013 although it was never completely finished<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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c500 <\/h2>\n\n

The number of castles built in England and Wales during the reign of William the Conqueror (1066\u201387)<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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>22,000 <\/h2>\n\n

The amount, in tonnes, of soil used to create the motte of a medieval castle built at Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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2\u20132.5 <\/h2>\n\n

The depth, in metres, of the defensive moat that surrounds Bodiam Castle in East Sussex<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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