About the neighborhood
Hill in Cambridge, England
Castle Hill in Cambridge, England, is located in the Castle ward of the city. Cambridgeshire County Council's former headquarters, Shire Hall, are located directly adjacent to Castle Hill.
History
The hill is the site of the original settlement, north of the River Cam. There is evidence of pre-Roman activity, but the Romans created a town called Duroliponte here. It was a convenient place to cross the river. At the time it was at the head of the navigable part of the river, then known as the River Granta. St Peter's Church, located halfway up the hill, has some pieces of Roman tile in its walls.
In the Anglo Saxon period, the hill was used for defence. In 1068, the Normans built Cambridge Castle on the hill. The castle is no longer extant; only the castle mound and some groundworks remain.
See also
Castle Street, southwest of Castle Hill
Honey Hill, also to the southwest
References
52°12′46″N 0°06′46″E / 52.2128°N 0.1128°E / 52.2128; 0.1128
Encyclopedic content adapted from the Wikipedia article on Castle Hill, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
