Title

Clifford's Tower, mid-14th century, (c1990-2010)

Caption

Clifford's Tower, mid-14th century, (c1990-2010). Reconstruction drawing of Clifford's Tower, the largest remaining part of York Castle, once the centre of government for the north of England. The 11th-century timber tower on top of the earth mound was burned down in 1190, after York's Jewish community, some 150 strong, was besieged here by a mob and committed mass suicide. The present 13th-century stone tower was probably used as a treasury and later as a prison.

Date

1990

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B35_039

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 15,0in x 12,9in / 4504 x 3881 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors river building buildings England landscape stone arts York country tower art British geography English castle color colour medieval fortification location circular century drawing Britain facade concept outside keep North Yorkshire 21st century building exterior cross-section cross section reconstruction mediaeval Middle Ages 14th century façade Fourteenth Century historic English Heritage 2000s Clifford's Tower geographical feature TGN York Castle Peter Dunn Dunn Peter Dunn P Cliffords Tower