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Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust.
The gardens, which are a celebrated example of the Picturesque style, are open to the public. The central feature is the ruins of a medieval, moated manor house, Scotney Old Castle, which is on an island on a small lake. The lake is surrounded by sloping, wooded gardens with fine collections of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmia for spring colour, summer wisteria and roses, and spectacular autumn colour.
At the top of the garden stands a house which was built to replace the Old Castle between 1835 and 1843. This is known as Scotney New Castle, or simply Scotney Castle, and was designed by Anthony Salvin. It is an early, and unusually restrained, example of Tudor Revival architectural style in 19th century Britain. Following the death of the resident, Elizabeth Hussey, in 2006, this house was opened to the public for the first time on June 6, 2007
Bamburgh Castle Northumbria overlooking the North Sea, Bamburgh Castle is one of the most impressive looking castles in England.
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland , UK -
I arrived in Bamburgh this afternoon. Keep an eye open for more shots of this amazing castle and other parts of Northumbria.
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Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat of the Boleyn, originally 'Bullen', family.
a pretty situated castle, reminding Macbeth and the Thanes of Cawdor ... with a wonderful garden and park -
we had not enough time to discover more ( same problem as all the time on this long holiday...)
Another image of the stunning Bodiam Castle.
Well after my two previous shots, I knew it wouldn't be long before I worked on a HDR that seemed to work.
Taken from 5 exposures.
Re-opened to the public in the July of 1996 after twenty years of extensive excavation and restoration, Laugharne castle stands on a low ridge overlooking the wide Taf river estuary and perhaps is today better known for its associations with the poet Dylan Thomas instead of its picturesque location. One of a string of fortresses controlling the ancient road of communication along the South Wales coast line, the castle as a long and chequered history. It was originated as a Norman earth and timber stronghold, mentioned in about 1116 as the castle of Robert Courtemain, (but the first record of the Norman castle is dated 1189), rebuilt in stone during the 13th and 14th centuries by the various successive generations of the de Brian family. Great parts of their works still survive, including the domed round keep tower and the protuding mighty gatehouse of the inner bailey constructed in a warm red-brown sandstone.
Warwick Castle, developed from the original castle on the site, which was built in 1068 by William the Conqueror, this building was built in the 12th century. The river in front is the River Avon.
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Castle Acre Priory was a Cluniac priory in the village of Castle Acre, Norfolk, England, dedicated to St Mary, St Peter, and St Paul. It is thought to have been founded in 1089 by William de Warenne the son of the 1st Earl of Surrey who had founded England's first Cluniac priory at Lewes in 1077. The order originated from Burgundy. Originally the priory was sited within the walls of Castle Acre Castle, but this proved too small and inconvenient for the monks, hence the priory was relocated to the present site in the castle grounds about one year later.
The priory was dissolved in 1537, and its ruins are in the care of English Heritage, along with the nearby Castle Acre Bailey Gate and Castle Acre Castle.
Built around 1508 to 1512 and over looking the Kilbrannan Sound on the Kintyre peninsular East coast.
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeastern coast of Scotland,
about 3 kilometres south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been fortified in the Early Middle Ages.
The dramatic and evocative ruined cliff top fortress was the home of the Earls Marischal, once one of the most powerful families in the land.
William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, the Marquis of Montrose and the future King Charles II have graced the Castle with their presence. Most famously though, it was at Dunnottar Castle that a small garrison held out against the might of Cromwell’s army for eight months and saved the Scottish Crown Jewels, the ‘Honours of Scotland’, from destruction.
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Possibly Britain's finest castle, lots to do and see. Dating back to the 10th Century, attacked in 1264, besieged in 1642 and damage by fire in 1871, the Castle has nevertheless survived the ever-changing fortunes of history. Warwick Castle remained under the stewardship of the Earls of Warwick and later the Greville Family as a private home until 1978.
Worth a visit!
Torksey Castle, Lincolnshire.
A new location I've been exploring for the last few days, morning and evening. The Nottinghamshire side of the River Trent can be accessed via the disused Torksey Viaduct.
Torksey Castle is, despite the name, an Elizabethan Manor House built circa 1560. It's largely ruined and on private land and can only really be seen from the opposite bank of the River Trent.
I came out hoping for mist, but I'm not complaining with the jaw dropping sunrise I was presented with. The saturation has not been played with...just the shadows brought up in Lightroom!
7029 with the 1Z43 08.00 Coleshill Parkway to York "The Christmas White Rose" at Cossington today. It was very dull and the image has been brightened up a little in the digital darlroom
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.[1]
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.
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Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland, and the River Martin. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of the Kings of Desmond, and dates from 1446. The Blarney Stone is among the machicolations of the castle.
The castle originally dates from before 1200, when a timber house was believed to have been built on the site, although no evidence remains of this. Around 1210 this was replaced by a stone fortification. It was destroyed in 1446, but subsequently rebuilt by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, Lord of Muscry, who also built castles at Kilcrea and Carrignamuck.
The castle was besieged during the Irish Confederate Wars and was seized in 1646 by Parliamentarian forces under Lord Broghill. However, after the Restoration the castle was restored to Donough MacCarty, who was made 1st Earl of Clancarty.
During the Williamite War in Ireland in the 1690s, the then 4th Earl of Clancarty (also named Donough MacCarty) was captured and his lands (including Blarney Castle) were confiscated by the Williamites.
The castle was sold and changed hands a number of times — Sir Richard Pyne, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, owned it briefly — before being purchased in the early 1700s by Sir James St John Jefferyes, then governor of Cork City.
Members of the Jefferyes family would later build a mansion near the keep. This house was destroyed by fire, and in 1874 a replacement baronial mansion, known as Blarney House, was built overlooking the nearby lake.
In the mid 19th century the Jefferyes and Colthurst families were joined by marriage, and the Colthurst family still occupy the demesne. In May 2008, the present estate owner, Sir Charles St John Colthurst, Baronet, succeeded in a court action to eject a man who had lived on his land for 44 years. The man's great-grandfather had been the first to occupy the estate cottage.
The castle is now a partial ruin with some accessible rooms and battlements. At the top of the castle lies the Stone of Eloquence, better known as the Blarney Stone. Tourists visiting Blarney Castle may hang upside-down over a sheer drop to kiss the stone, which is said to give the gift of eloquence. There are many versions of the origin of the stone, including a claim that it was the Lia Fáil — a numinous stone upon which Irish kings were crowned.
Surrounding the castle are extensive gardens. There are paths touring the grounds with signs pointing out the various attractions such as several natural rock formations with fanciful names such as Druid's Circle, Witch's Cave and the Wishing Steps. The grounds include a poison garden with a number of poisonous plants, including wolfsbane, mandrake, ricin and opium, as well as cannabis. Blarney House, also open to the public and within the estate grounds, is a Scottish baronial-style mansion that was built in 1874.
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El castillo de Blarney es una fortaleza medieval situada en la localidad de Blarney, cerca de Cork, en Irlanda. En la ribera del río Martin.
El castillo fue fundado a principios del siglo XIII, destruido en 1446, y posteriormente reconstruido por Dermot McCarthy, rey de Munster. Está parcialmente destruido quedando la torre del homenaje y algunas habitaciones. En la parte superior de se encuentra la piedra de la elocuencia o piedra de Blarney. Los visitantes deben besar la piedra por la parte de abajo estando suspendido en el vacío y obtendrán el don de la elocuencia.
Rodeando el castillo se encuentran los jardines que contienen diferentes puntos interesantes como Druid's Circle, Witch's Cave y las Wishing Steps. En los alrededores se encuentra la Blarney House, una mansión reformada en 1874 en estilo señorial escocés residencia de la familia Colthurst desde el siglo XV.
Lindisfarne (Holy Island) Castle from the Priory on a glorious February afternoon - we've not had another day like it since Feb 19th!
HFF!
Bamburgh Castle sits on a basalt outcrop overlooking the Farne Islands and Lindisfarne in Bamburgh, England.
Kitchen collage
Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, constructed in the style of a Norman castle. The Penrhyn estate was founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In the 15th century his descendent Gwilym ap Griffith built a fortified manor house on the site.
The Bauska Castle ensemble consists of two sections. Livonian Order Castle, built in the middle of the 15th century, is the oldest one - with only ruins remaining. A more recent part of the ensemble, built in the late 16th century, is the residence of the Kettlers, the Dukes of Courland.
Guildford Castle was built by William the Conqueror after the battle of Hastings and was originally a Norman motte and bailey castle.
Early in the 12th century the wooden defenses were replaced by a stone castle. A polygonal shell keep, a further two story square flanking keep and an outer bailey were all added in the 1130s and the keep became both a jail and the headquarters for the county sheriff.
During the 13th century Henry III ordered improvements to be made. The great hall was decorated with paintings and colored glass windows, his apartments were painted green with gold and silver stars, he added a garden with marble columns and the bailey was extended with a set of rooms being built for his son Edward.
The castle was never involved in any battles or sieges and from the 14th century started to fall into disrepair, by 1379 everything but the Kings chamber and the keep had fallen down. The keep continued to be used as a jail until 1544 when it relocated and the gardener John Daborne was left in charge.
In 1611 King James I granted the castle to Francis Carter who removed the roof and rented out parts of the grounds for farming. In 1885 the current owner Lord Grantley sold the site to the Guildford Corporation who restored the walls and tower and opened it to the public.
In 2003 a conservation and restoration project was started on the keep which revealed the original crenellations; a new floor and roof were also constructed.
The castle of Spontin. www.xplorengo.com/eng/europe/Belgium/namur/spontin.htm
Het kasteel van Spontin. www.xplorengo.com/ned/europa/Belgie/namen/spontin.htm
This is another shot from my vacation this year. It shows the castle in Sirmione at Lago die Garda in Italy.
Samyang 12mm / ISO100
Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It is situated in Hoensbroek, a town in the province of Limburg. This imposing watercastle is known as 'the most lordly stronghold between Rhine and Meuse'. The oldest part of the castle, notably the tall round tower, dates from around 1360.