View allAll Photos Tagged CASTLE
Warwick, the attractive county town of Warwickshire is well worth a visit for it's many attractive old buildings. It's fine castle which sits on the bank of the River Avon always attracts many visitors.
Owain Glyndwr took Harlech Castle in 1404, after, allegedly, many inside had starved to death during the siege.
Day 3
Peering down a murder hole. Castle guards would either shoot arrows or pour hot oil down these holes to kill invaders.
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.
The Conservatory was constructed in 1885 by Crompton and Fawkes who described it as an ‘iron winter garden’ in their catalogue. It is a rare surviving Victorian glasshouse and in its day was at the forefront of technology, with electric lighting as early as 1886. It would have been used to display some of the many exotic plants, including orchids, palms and ferns collected by the family from around the world.
Raglan Castle remains the finest late medieval fortress in Britain and survived one of the longest sieges of the Civil War. It was built in the mid-15th century and remodelled in the Tudor period.
just messing with lightroom
www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyover...
Strome Castle is a ruined castle on the shore of Loch Carron on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands.
Dolbadarn castle was built by the Welsh national hero, prince Llywelyn the Great, and stands at the foot of the spectacular Llanberis Pass in north Wales. The castle dates from the early 13th century, and only the lower part of its main tower now stands.
In its heyday Dolbadarn castle held a strategic position, and was often the scene of fierce fighting between Welsh and English forces. In the late 13th century, the castle fell to the English, and much of its material was used in the construction of nearby Caernarfon castle.
The Great Hall now looking as it once did 500 years ago.
The Palace on the left would have been very colourful too, the windows and statues were painted or gilded and visitors would have been in awe. There would have been no doubt that this was the home of a King and a Scottish King at that. James V had style.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/pevensey-castle/
Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex. The site is a Scheduled Monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to visitors. Built around 290 AD and known to the Romans as Anderitum, the fort appears to have been the base for a fleet called the Classis Anderidaensis. The reasons for its construction are unclear; long thought to have been part of a Roman defensive system to guard the British and Gallic coasts against Saxon pirates, it has more recently been suggested that Anderitum and the other Saxon Shore forts were built by a usurper in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to prevent Rome from reimposing its control over Britain.
Anderitum fell into ruin following the end of the Roman occupation but was reoccupied in 1066 by the Normans, for whom it became a key strategic bulwark. A stone keep and fortification was built within the Roman walls and faced several sieges. Although its garrison was twice starved into surrender, it was never successfully stormed. The castle was occupied more or less continuously until the 16th century, apart from a possible break in the early 13th century when it was slighted. It had been abandoned again by the late 16th century and remained a crumbling, partly overgrown ruin until it was acquired by the state in 1925.
Pevensey Castle was reoccupied between 1940 and 1945, during the Second World War, when it was garrisoned by units from the Home Guard, the British and Canadian armies and the United States Army Air Corps. Machine-gun posts were built into the Roman and Norman walls to control the flat land around Pevensey and guard against the threat of a German invasion. They were left in place after the war and can still be seen today.
Stirling Castle is just outside of the city of Stirling on Castle hill and was one of the most important Castles in Scotland
Castle Rising Castle is situated in the village of the same name in Norfolk, UK. It was built in about 1138 by William d Albini, 1st Earl of Arundel, who also owned Arundal Castle. Much of its square keep, surrounded by a defensive mound, is intact, and it is now in the care of English heritage. The castle is in remarkably good condition despite being over 850 years old. One of the most striking features is the earthwork surrounding the moat. The built up soil is now covered in grass for aesthetic reasons. There is a gravel path at the top of the built-up area, which enables the visitor to walk right round the building, getting not only a good view of the castle, but also of the village itself