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c. 1000
The tower keep is built at Ivry-la-Bataille Castle, Normandy, France.
c. 1000
The castle and tower keep of Langeais, central France, are built.
c. 1020
The tower keep of Loches Castle, central France, is built.
c. 1072
The tower keep of Chepstow Castle, Wales is built.
c. 1074
The tower keep is begun at Colchester Castle, Essex, England.
c. 1078 - c. 1100
The White Tower of the Tower of London is built, a project begun by William the Conqueror.
1095 - 1115
The hall keep is added to Norwich Castle, Norfolk, England.
c. 1125
The tower keep of Arques Castle, Normandy, France is built by Henry I of England.
1127 - 1136
The tower keep is built at Rochester Castle, England.
1130
Etampes Castle is built, near Paris, France. The tower keep is circular on the outside and square inside.
c. 1138
The tower keep of Farnham Castle, Surrey, England is built.
c. 1142
A tower keep is added to Hedingham Castle, Essex, England.
1150 - 1175
The Caesar's Tower castle keep at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England is built.
1157 - 1169
The tower keep of Scarborough Castle, Yorkshire, England is built.
1165 - 1173
Orford Castle, Suffolk, England is built and has a circular tower keep with attached rectangular turrets.
1168 - 1178
A tower keep is added to Newcastle Castle, England.
c. 1170 - 1189
Henry II extends Dover Castle in southern England, adding outer walls and a keep.
1180 - 1190
The tower keep is built at Conisbrough Castle, Doncaster, England.
c. 1190
A square tower keep is added to Carrickfergus Castle, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
1199 - 1219
Sir William Marshal adds a circular tower keep to Pembroke Castle, Wales.
c. 1200
The tower keep of Trim Castle, County Meath, Ireland is built.
c. 1200
The tower keep of Barnard Castle, County Durham, England is built.
1205
Philip II of France adds a tower keep to Chinon Castle, France.
1206
A round tower keep is built into the curtain walls of Gisors, Normandy, France.
c. 1225
A circular tower keep is built at Chateau de Coucy, northern France
1240
Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland is built with a massive circular tower keep.
c. 1317
The Eagle Tower, a castle keep, is completed at Caernarfon Castle in Wales.