Old Sarum was an imposing Iron Age hill fort and then a Norman castle built by William the Conqueror. It was also the site of Salisbury's original cathedral. Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of King Henry II, was imprisoned at Old Sarum when she supported their sons against him.
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| The "new" Salisbury Cathedral, from Old Sarum. |
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| The site of Salisbury's first cathedral. |
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| Old Sarum in the time of William the Conqueror. |
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