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The fortress that gave Newcastle upon Tyne its name survives today as Newcastle Castle, a pair of medieval buildings standing above the river in the heart of the city. A new castle was first raised on the site in 1080 by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, on his return from a campaign in Scotland, replacing earlier Roman and Anglo-Saxon occupation of this strategic crossing point of the Tyne, and it was from this stronghold that the growing town took its name. The stone ke...