Repairs begin on Framlingham Castle - Ed Sheeran's Castle On The Hill
The 12th Century castle walls are 10.5m high and 2.3m thick and remain open to the publicBuilt in the 12th Century by the Bigod family, they later challenged King John, resulting in the 1215 Magna CartaIt passed to the Howard family in 1483 and Mary Tudor in 1552The Ministry of Works took over guardianship of the castle in 1913The castle's site manager Kirstie Horne said the work was "vital to the maintenance and survival" of the ancient building.
"If these fortresses are to survive for future generations to enjoy, we need to defend them today - not from sieges or cannonballs but from weeds and damp, the wind and the rain," she said.
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