Richmond Castle stands above the River Swale near the center of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. Alan Rufus began building it in 1071, after the Norman Conquest, as a Norman enclosure castle. In the late 12th century Duke Conan IV of Brittany built a keep about 30 meters tall, with walls roughly 3.4 meters thick. Henry II probably completed it.
Key features include a triangular main enclosure, a barbican and an outer enclosure. The castle was in use from the late 11th to the 14th century and was derelict by 1540. In the 20th century it housed a base of the Non-Combatant Corps and a cell block.
Today it is a partial ruin and a Grade I listed scheduled monument. English Heritage operates it as a visitor attraction.
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