TG5012 : Caister Castle Car Museum - steam engine
near to West Caister, Norfolk, Great Britain

Caister Castle Car Museum - steam engine
Caister Castle consisted of two rectangular courtyards which were surrounded by a moat and connected via a drawbridge. The inner court housed the state apartments and the main living quarters and was offset by a tower on its northwestern corner. The tower is 28 metres tall and measures a good 7 metres in diameter; it has five stories, the spiral staircase still exists and access to the top is possible. The castle was built in 1432 by Sir John Falstaff on the site of an earlier fortified manor house. Taken by a siege commanded by the Duke of Norfolk in 1469, the castle was returned to its rightful owners in 1475. Part of the surrounding brick wall remains and gunloops as well as arrow loops can still be seen. Link
Caister Castle > Link
houses the largest private collection of motor vehicles in Great Britain > Link
spanning from 1893 to the present time and including the first real motor car in the world, the 1893 Panhard et Levassor, Jim Clark's Grand Prix "R14', Christine Keeler's Cadillac Eldorado, the first Ford Fiesta and the last drophead Morris 1000. One of the more recent additions is a Trabant > Link
originating from former East Germany. Link
Caister Castle > Link
year taken
2008
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- TG5012, 37 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Evelyn Simak (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Supplemental image
- Date Taken
- Monday, 19 May, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 20 May, 2008
- Category
- Museum / Heritage Centre (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TG 503 122 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:38.9920N 1:42.0079E - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
TG 504 122 - View Direction
- Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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