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Bamburgh Castle is een twaalfde-eeuws kasteel gelegen in Bamburgh in de Engelse regio Northumberland. Het kasteel werd in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw uitgebreid en hersteld.
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Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is a Grade I listed building.
The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia from its foundation in c. 420 to 547. After passing between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons three times, the fort came under Anglo-Saxon control in 590. The fort was destroyed by Vikings in 993, and the Normans later built a new castle on the site, which forms the core of the present one. After a revolt in 1095 supported by the castle's owner, it became the property of the English monarch.
In the 17th century, financial difficulties led to the castle deteriorating, but it was restored by various owners during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was finally bought by the Victorian era industrialist William Armstrong, who completed its restoration. The castle still belongs to the Armstrong family and is open to the public.
Drum Castle consists of a plain late 13th Century keep of four storeys. To this has been added a Large L-shaped range of 1619, and the castle was extended again in the 19th Century.
There is a walled garden with old roses, and in the grounds is the old wood of Drum, an ancient oak Woodland.
Ross Castle ruins, Killarney, Ireland.
I took this standing in the reeds to get as close to the scene as I could. There were several inches of water underfoot, or even over foot! The ground was very unstable and tripod management rather tricky! When I was back on terra firma I realised that I had lost a lens cap, and the trigger for my remote. I wondered if I could retrace my steps try to find them, but it was getting too dark and had a 30 minute hike back to civilisation, so I decided against it, cut my losses (it could have been worse!) and get back before nightfall. I do hope it was worth it LOL!
Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War. Of quadrangular plan, Bodiam Castle has no keep, having its various chambers built around the outer defensive walls and inner courts. Its corners and entrance are marked by towers, and topped by crenellations. Its structure, details and situation in an artificial watery landscape indicate that display was an important aspect of the castle's design as well as defence. It was the home of the Dalyngrigge family and the centre of the manor of Bodiam.
Possession of Bodiam Castle passed through several generations of Dalyngrigges, until their line became extinct, when the castle passed by marriage to the Lewknor family. During the Wars of the Roses, Sir Thomas Lewknor supported the House of Lancaster, and when Richard III of the House of York became king in 1483, a force was despatched to besiege Bodiam Castle. It is unrecorded whether the siege went ahead, but it is thought that Bodiam was surrendered without much resistance. The castle was confiscated, but returned to the Lewknors when Henry VII of the House of Lancaster became king in 1485. Descendants of the Lewknors owned the castle until at least the 16th century.
By the start of the English Civil War in 1641, Bodiam Castle was in the possession of John Tufton. He supported the Royalist cause, and sold the castle to help pay fines levied against him by Parliament. The castle was subsequently dismantled, and was left as a picturesque ruin until its purchase by John Fuller in 1829. Under his auspices, the castle was partially restored before being sold to George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe, and later to Lord Curzon, both of whom undertook further restoration work. The castle is protected as a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Monument. It has been owned by The National Trust since 1925, donated by Lord Curzon on his death, and is open to the public.
Nordkirchen Castle is located in the middle of a spacious landscape park and is the largest and most important of the Westphalian moated castles. The baroque ensemble of extensive buildings, moats, gardens and parks with sculptures and a precious interior is considered the "Westphalian Versailles" and a total work of art of international standing.
Caerlaverock Castle near Dumfries. I got up early hoping for a bit of colour and clouds in the sky...not to be but still a lovely peaceful morning at the Castle.
Chirk Castle, occupied virtually continuously as a castle and stately home for almost 700 years, sits on a hilltop with its best views over the Ceiriog valley to the south. The successor to two known mottes in the area, it was probably built by Roger Mortimer, of the powerful Marcher family, who was granted the area by Edward I after the Welsh defeat in 1282. He was almost certainly given royal assistance in its design and construction, and its similarities to Beaumaris suggest that work may have started as late as 1295, perhaps in response to the Welsh rising of 1294.
Originally built as a castle to repel Norse invaders in the 13th century, Eilean Donan has had a long and interesting (and chequered) history.
It sits at the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh in Scotland. As you might have guessed, this castle has adorned many a Scottish calendar and been frequently used in many movies and TV series e.g., Highlander.
Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in the country; home to the Duke of Northumberland's family, the Percys, for over 700 years.
Combining magnificent medieval architecture with sumptuous Italianate State Rooms, Alnwick Castle is one of the UK's most significant heritage destinations and best days out in Northumberland.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.
This must surely have been one of the most impressive castles in England when it was at the height of its power. For hundreds of years Corfe Castle, on the Isle of Purbeck in the east of Dorset, was one of the strongest castles in the country. There had been fortifications on the site for several hundred years before the Normans decided to build a larger castle. Building commenced in the 1080's and it was finally overcome in the English Civil War in 1646, when Parliamentarian troops infiltrated the castle in disguise. The castle was subsequently undermined (or slighted), with severe damage being caused to the walls and the buildings.
“The splendour falls on castle walls and snowy summits old in story.” - Alfred Lord Tennyson
Eilean Donan Castle is one of the most iconic images of Scotland. Situated on an island at the point where three great sea lochs meet, and surrounded by some majestic mountain scenery, it is little wonder that the castle is now one of the most visited and important attractions in the Scottish highlands.
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Helmsley
The first castle at Helmsley was built in the early 12th century by Walter Espec, who also founded nearby Rievaulx Abbey and Kirkham Priory.
It was later modernised by Robert de Roos and his descendants. It was converted into living quarters and a luxurious mansion by the Manners family.
The castle faced its greatest challenge during the English Civil War. Held for King Charles, It endured a three month siege before Cromwell's men blew up the Great Keep, slicing it in half with the explosion.
Helmsley Castle is now in the care of English Heritage. It has recently undergone a extensive makeover making it more accessible to visitors. There is a new visitor centre with a range of exhibitions covering the social and domestic, as well as the military, aspects of the fortress.
Thank you for your visit and your comments, they are greatly appreciated.
Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland.
The first fortified castle was constructed in the mid 13th century. Since then, at least four different versions of the castle have been built and re-built. Partially destroyed in a Jacobite uprising in 1719, Eilean Donan lay in ruins for almost 200 years, until Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap bought the island in 1911 and proceeded to restore the castle to its former glory. After 20 years of work the castle was re-opened in 1932.
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The Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich in the West Highlands.
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Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. It was constructed by King Carol I.
GWR Castle Class "Earl of Mount Edgecumbe" 5043 approaching Leicester with a Lindum Fayre special
I drove into Leicester in good time to see this special and using the car as protection placed a ladder up the outside wall to get this view
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval building in the town of the same name in the English county of Northumberland. The town and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast.
Castle Doorwerth is located on the banks of the Rhine River, between Wageningen and Arnhem. The castle’s immediate surroundings are beautiful; it is located at the point where the steep wooded lateral moraine of the Veluwezoom merges into the broad floodplains of the Lower Rhine. In between the two geological areas lies the beautiful medieval castle, surrounded by abundant moats. The castle is mentioned in historical documents dating back as far as 1260, making it one of the oldest castles in Holland.
The oldest tree in Holland
Since 1280, the castle has grown to become a picturesque complex of buildings with a ward and an outer ward. During the Second World War, the castle suffered major damage, and after undergoing restorations for a period of 37 years, it is once again the beautiful water castle it used to be.
One of the oldest trees in Holland is also located on the Castle Doorwerth grounds. The trunk of the Robinia (acacia) tree has a circumference of seven meters (almost 23 feet), and was planted around the year 1600. Two similar trees were destroyed during the Battle of Arnhem.
the ruins of Craigend Castle on one of the walks in Mugdock Park between Milngavie reservoir and the Campsie Hills, not far from Glasgow. According to Wiki this country house was at one point built up by the Smith family, who founded the great Glasgow booksellers John Smith & Son, which I remember fondly, many floors of all sorts of books, piles more in corners between the shelves, a bookseller once patronised by Robert Burns among others across a couple of centuries until the arrival of the large chain bookstores killed it and there went 200 years of tradition replaced by identikit stores that sold coffee and retailed books like they were tins of beans...
.....image if you will,
you are a peasant
Edinburgh, 1565, .....
Mary Queen of Scots in the house....
the castle up on the rock
looks as if
it were in the sky,
half way to heaven.....
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Conwy Castle North Wales was built between 1283 and 1289 during King Edward 1's second campaign in North Wales. Conwy replaced Deganwy Castle, an earlier stronghold built by Henry lll that had been destroyed by Llewelyn the Last in 1263.
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Hever castle / Kent
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In the grounds of Castle Howard, North Yorkshire. Although building work began in 1699, the construction of Castle Howard took over 100 years to complete, spanning the lifetimes of three Earls.
This is a pano view from the second lake.
Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, England.
I suppose some people learn from their mistakes while others do not 😄
Castle at SunsetPP work in Adobe PS Elements 2024 Raw filters
Further PP work in Luminar Neo filters.
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