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BENSON | 16:26 Sun 05th Sep 2004 | History
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What is the oldest stone built castle in the UK
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Tower of London.
Did a wee google search and it seems to be Chepstow Castle in Wales http://www.daysoutwithkids.co.uk/hot_tips_west.html
I think old sarum in salisbury has a good chance of being one of the oldest stone built castles in the UK too.
Traquair House, is the oldest inhabited castle in Scotland.In 1566 Mary Queen of Scots stayed here.
The Great Hall Tower at Chepstow, begun in 1067, 11 years before the Tower of London was begun is the oldest stone castle.
Windsor castle is the oldest inhabited castle in the world
Depends what you mean by castle, and whether you want it to still be standing. There must be lots of stone hill-forts which could qualify on a looser definition. There's one I've seen in Wales, at Carn Goch ("red rock") near Dynefor (Dunevor), and if I remember right it's some 4,500 years old (Bronze Age?). We Brits were at it long before those Norman upstarts...

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