Scarborough Castle

Scarborough Castle Details

Scarborough Castle occupies a rocky diamond-shaped promontory that has been fortified since the Iron Age. A massive ditch isolates it from the town and the main castle buildings overlook the ditch on the western corner - contained within a medieval ditch. The castle was founded in the early C12 and continually improved as a royal fortress from the 1150s to the C18 latterly as a prison. Today it is managed by English Heritage.