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| 1 |  | Angers Castle (Château d’Angers)
Is a castle in the city of Angers, in the département of Maine-et-Loire, in France. The fortress of Angers, on a rocky ridge overhanging the river Maine, was one of the sites inhabited by the Romans because of its strategic defensive location. In the 9th century, the fortress came under the authority of the powerful Counts of Anjou, becoming… | |
| 2 |  | Angers Castle (Château d’Angers) Side View | |
| 3 |  | Belvoir Castle is a stately home in the English county of Leicestershire, overlooking the Vale of Belvoir A Norman castle originally stood on the high ground in this spot. During the English Civil War, it was one of the more notable strongholds of the king's supporters. It eventually passed into the hands of the Dukes of Rutland and following a fire, was… | |
| 4 |  | Berkeley Castle Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, County Gloucestershire, England It was constructed from 1154 A.D., on the orders of Henry II, with the aim of defending the Bristol - Gloucester Road, the Severn estuary and the Welsh border. It continues to belong to the Berkeley family, descendants of Robert Fitzharding, who completed the keep around 1189. King… | |
| 5 |  | Berriedale Castle Ruins Berriedale Castle was originally a fortification under Sir Reginald Cheyne in the 14th century, who had many such fortifications in the area and thus great power in the 13th and 14th centuries. The second daughter of this Reginald Cheyne married Nicholas Sutherland, the progenitor of the Sutherlands of Duffus, who then received the castle of… | |
| 6 |  | Bolingbroke Castle | |
| 7 |  | Caerphilly Castle - Wales Welsh: Castell Caerffili Caerphilly is the largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Britain after Windsor Castle. Built mainly between 1268 and 1271, it is an early example of a concentric castle. The west mound was extended south to create a dam across the Nant Gledwr, leading to the formation of a large defensive lake south of the… | |
| 8 |  | Carew Castle Carew Castle - Wales Carew Castle is a castle in the civil parish of Carew in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. The famous Carew family take their name from the place, and still own the castle, although it is leased to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, which administers the site. The castle stands on a limestone bluff overlooking the… | |
| 9 |  | Carew Castle - Wales Medival Times | |
| 10 |  | Conisbrough Castle Conisbrough Castle - England Conisbrough Castle is a 12th-century castle in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England, whose remains are dominated by the 97-foot-high circular keep, which is supported by six buttresses. In the mid-1990s, the keep was restored, with a wooden roof and two floors being rebuilt. Audio and visual displays now help to… | |
| 11 |  | Corfe Castle Corfe Castle, County Dorset, England The oldest surviving structure on the castle site dates to the 11th century, although evidence exists of some form of stronghold predating the Norman Conquest. Edward the Martyr was assassinated at the site on March 18, 978. Construction of a stone hall and inner bailey wall occurred in the 11th century… | |
| 12 |  | Dragsholm Castle Dragsholm Castle Dragsholm Castle (Danish: Dragsholm Slot) is a fortification and noble residence near Hørve in Odsherred on the Danish island of Zealand. Construction was started by the Bishop of Roskilde in the late 12th century. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots, met his end here, as a prisoner of King… | |
| 13 |  | Duffus Castle | |
| 14 |  | Dunnottar Castle
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| 15 |  | Dunrobin Castle | |
| 16 |  | Dunrobin Castle - Scotland Dunrobin Castle - Scotland Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, United Kingdom, and the seat of the Countess of Sutherland and Clan Sutherland. The castle is a 1 mi walk north of Golspie and approximately 5 miles south of the fishing village Brora on the A9. Dunrobin Castle is the seat of Clan… | |
| 17 |  | Dunster Castle Dunster Castle - Dunster Somerset, England Dunster Castle is the historical home of the Luttrell family located in the small town of Dunster, Somerset, England. Colonel Sir Walter Luttrell gave Dunster Castle and the greater part of its contents to the National Trust in 1976. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed… | |
| 18 |  | Dunster Castle View from Castle to garden and landscape | |
| 19 |  | Edinburgh Castle "Edinburgh Castle from the Foot of the Vennel, 1845" Watercolour & pencil on paper by Horatio McCulloch | |
| 20 |  | Fotheringhay Castle Fotheringhay Castle - England Was a Norman motte castle which was first built on the north side of the River Nene by Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Northampton around 1100. The large motte, which was topped with a polygonal stone donjon, was surrounded by large water-filled moat. The inner bailey was protected by ramparts and a ditch. This… | |
| 21 |  | Hailes Castle
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| 22 |  | Hornby Castle - England (Yorkshire) Hornby Castle, Yorkshire (North Riding), was a fourteenth and fifteenth-century courtyard castle, with a late fourteenth-century corner tower known as St Quintin's Tower, after the medieval family which occupied the castle (demolished in 1927) and fifteenth-century work done for William, Lord Conyers. Hornby was largely rebuilt in the 1760s by… | |
| 23 |  | Inverary Castle - Scotland Inveraray Castle (Gaelic Caisteal Inbhir Aora, pronounced [kaʃd̊ʲəɫ̪ iɲɪɾʲˈɯːɾə]) is a castle in western Scotland. It is the seat of the Chief of Clan Campbell, the Duke of Argyll. The initial design for the castle was made in 1720 by the architect Sir John Vanbrugh, who… | |
| 24 |  | Kikenny Castle Kilkenny Castle - By Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry) | |
| 25 |  | Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Castle - Ireland Kilkenny Castle (Irish: Caisleán Chill Chainnigh) is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland built in 1195 by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol of Norman occupation and in its original thirteenth-century condition it would… | |
| 26 |  | Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle - England Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. Catherine of AragonCourtesy of: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Dukes of… | |
| 27 |  | Old Trakai Castle, Lithuania Trakai Castle was a castle in Senieji Trakai (literally: Old Trakai) in Lithuania. The first enclosure type brick castle was built by Grand Duke Gediminas, who transferred the capital of Lithuania from Kernavė to Trakai (today's Senieji Trakai) before 1321. Stamp of the Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania Issued 1920Courtesy of:… | |
| 28 |  | Ornby Castle | |
| 29 |  | Ragland Castle | |
| 30 |  | Rhuddlan Castle Rhuddlan Castle - Rhuddlan, County Denbighshire, Wales Rhuddland Castle (Welsh: Castell Rhuddlan) is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was erected by Edward I in 1277 following the First Welsh War. The story of Rhuddlan goes back much further than the fortress built by Edward I. Prior to the Norman occupation of lower… | |
| 31 |  | Rowallan Castle Rowallan Castle - Scotland Rowallan Castle is an ancient castle located near Kilmaurs, about 3.1 miles north of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle stands on the banks of the Carmel Water, which may at one time have run much closer to the low eminence upon which the original castle stood. The castle and barony has been owned or… | |
| 32 |  | Rowallan Castle Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland | |
| 33 |  | St. Donant's Castle, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| 34 |  | Sterling Castle Stirling Castle - Scotland Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland. Several Scottish Kings and Queens have been crowned at Stirling, including Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1543. There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, including… | |
| 35 |  | Sudeley Castle Sudeley Castle Baxter print By Morris Seats | |
| 36 |  | Tattershall Castle Tattershall Castle - England Tattershall Castle is a castle in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, north east of Sleaford, and in the care of the National Trust. The castle was built in 1434 by Ralph, 3rd Lord Cromwell, Lord Treasurer of England, on the site of a previous 13th century stone castle, of which some remains can still be seen. Of… | |
| 37 |  | Turnberry Castle Ruins
Turnberry Castle is a fragmented ruin on the coast of Kirkoswald parish, 6¼ miles north of Girvan in Ayrshire, Scotland The origins of Turnberry Castle are lost in antiquity. As to when or by whom Turnberry was built there seems to be no authentic record; but it was originally a stronghold of the Lords of Galloway, and from there passed into… | |
| 38 |  | Tynemouth Castle Little is known of the early history of the site. Some Roman stones have been found there, but there is no definite evidence that it was occupied by the Romans. The Priory was founded early in the 7th century, perhaps by Edwin of Northumbria. In 651 Oswin, king of Deira was murdered by the soldiers of King Oswiu of Bernicia, and subsequently… | |
| 39 |  | Warwick Castle Is a medieval castle in Warwick, the county town of Warwickshire, England. It sits on a bend on the River Avon. The castle was built by William the Conqueror in 1068 within or adjacent to the Anglo-Saxon burh of Warwick. It was used as a fortification until the early 17th century, when Sir Fulke Greville converted it to a country house. It was… |