The idea of Hereward's Castle came from David's young son, Edward. "Having spent time with Edward talking about old England, the Saxons and so on," he recalls, "we started going through various books. Edward suggested Hereward's home would be a good castle for me to make." This piece represents the sort of castle Hereward deserved to live in, rather than one he did actually own. The only historical references to "Hereward's Castle" appear to be about a possible building on the Isle of Ely where Hereward set up his resistance movement, in what became known as the Camp of Refuge.
   There are stories of a timber fortification here, the ruins of which, many years later, were still referred to as "Herewards's Castle." But of this "castle" nothing remains. Perhaps when Hereward made his peace with King William -- as he may have done -- he would have acquired a dwelling appropriate to his reputation as a great warrior. But it seems unlikely that William would have extended quite a generous olive branch to one who had caused him so much trouble in the past.