page_title: Clitheroe
section_title: The castle
hierarchical_section_title: Clitheroe / Landmarks / The castle
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of Clitheroe Castle taken on the 6th August 2007
context_page_description: Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England, approximately 34 miles northwest of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland, and is often used as a base for tourists visiting the area. In 2018, Clitheroe Built Up Area had an estimated population of 16,279.
  The town's most notable building is Clitheroe Castle, said to be one of the smallest Norman keeps in Britain. Several manufacturing companies have sites here, including Dugdale Nutrition, Hanson Cement, Johnson Matthey and Tarmac.
context_section_description: Clitheroe Castle is argued to be the smallest Norman keep in the whole of England. It stands atop a 35-metre outcrop of limestone and is one of the oldest buildings in Lancashire. It is also the only remaining castle in the county which had a royalist garrison during the English Civil War.
  The castle's most prominent feature is the hole in its side which was made in 1649 as was ordered by the government. It was to be put in "such condition that it might neither be a charge to the Commonwealth to keep it, nor a danger to have it kept against them".
  Dixon Robinson was in residence as Steward of the Honour of Clitheroe from 1836 until his death in 1878 and resided at the castle for the same period. His son Aurthur Ingram Robinson lived at the Castle after 1878, and inherited the Steward title too (see Honour of Clitheroe).
caption: Clitheroe Castle
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