Rochester Castle watergate, c.1380

Rochester Castle watergate, c.1380

The north-west curtain wall of Rochester Castle forms a bastion, or projection, at the point where the medieval Rochester Bridge crossed the Medway. An excavation in 2017 revealed the watergate in the west face of the bastion for the first time in decades.

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Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf, 1067-1088

Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf, 1067-1088

Archaeologist Alan Ward discusses what we know - or what little we know - about Rochester Castle in the time of Odo and Gundulf (1067-1088).

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