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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Ben Mitchell

Public to see king’s ‘penthouse view’ for first time in almost 400 years

Corfe Castle in the village of the same name in Dorset - (Ben Birchall/PA)

Visitors to Corfe Castle can now view a tower built for King Henry I for the first time since it was destroyed in the English Civil War.

The Dorset castle was originally built for William the Conqueror in the 11th century and the keep, or king’s tower, was built around 1107 for the leader’s son, Henry I.

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