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A great deal od money has been used to update the castle interior to give tourists and locals a taste of the Highlands. It has been done very well. There's is also access to the ramparts from which interesting photos are a possibility.
Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III
Well, it isn`t THIS Castle Black, but it`s black so I`ve decided to name it Castle Black. True story!!!
5x7 baseplates 32x32, and a lot of grey and black.
Special thanks for three brave men - Darek Mróz, Sariel and Jetboy who helped me with the photos :)
Well, that`s it I`m afraid.
Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, located between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The castle was built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322, taking advantage of the site's natural defences and the existing earthworks of a former Iron Age fort. Thomas was a leader of a baronial faction opposed to King Edward II, and probably intended Dunstanburgh to act as a secure refuge, should the political situation in southern England deteriorate. The castle also served as a statement of the earl's wealth and influence, and would have invited comparisons with the neighbouring royal castle of Bamburgh. Thomas probably only visited his new castle once, before being captured at Battle of Boroughbridge as he attempted to flee royal forces for the safety of Dunstanburgh. Thomas was executed, and the castle became the property of the Crown, before passing into the Duchy of Lancaster.
How the keep would have looked in the 13th century, when King Henry III was entertained four times at Castle Acre by the 6th Earl of Warenne. (English Heritage)
Castle Rock is located in Douglas County Colorado and is situated approximately 25 miles south of Denver. Print Size 13x19 inches.
The pretty village of Castle Acre is outstanding in many respects. It is sited on the ancient Peddars Way, and has a Roman trackway to the North which until recently remained an important route to the north Norfolk coast. But most impressive are the Norman Castle earthworks and the beautiful ruins of the magnificent Cluniac Priory, the best preserved in the country. They were both founded soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066 by William de Warenne, first earl of Surrey and many members of this great family went on to play an important role in the affairs of the State with Kings and Queens all visiting Castle Acre as their guests.
Although now a very attractive village, Castle Acre itself was once a fortified town, it was protected by its own large bank, with a ditch and gateways to guard the entrances. The surviving so-called Bailey Gate was once the North gateway to the town, and the Medieval Parish Church of St James, which lies near to the Priory is situated outside of the town's defences, which shows the town had outgrown its defences and original boundaries by the 13th Century. When first established, Castle Acre was one of the finest examples of Norman town planning in the country, and much of this can still be seen.
Eilean Donan castle (evening light) situated on Loch Duich, Highlands,Scotland (From my archive)
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Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge and is a great photographic venue - especially early in the morning before the coach parties arrive.
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My flickr friends Rob and Angela didn't need much persuading to go on a castle trek after I had finished work on Saturday. We visited Carreg Cennen first then visited this one, Dryslwyn Castle on our way home. The clouds were really wild that afternoon!
EXPLORE: Highest position: 76 on Monday, April 6, 2009
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Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of the same name in Warwickshire, England. Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as "the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship".[1] Kenilworth has also played an important historical role. The castle was the subject of the six-month long Siege of Kenilworth in 1266, believed to be the longest siege in English history, and formed a base for Lancastrian operations in the Wars of the Roses. Kenilworth was also the scene of the removal of Edward II from the English throne, the French insult to Henry V in 1414 (said by John Strecche to have encouraged the Agincourt campaign), and the Earl of Leicester's lavish reception of Elizabeth I in 1575.
The castle was built over several centuries. Founded in the 1120s around a powerful Norman great tower, the castle was significantly enlarged by King John at the beginning of the 13th century. Huge water defences were created by damming the local streams and the resulting fortifications proved able to withstand assaults by land and water in 1266. John of Gaunt spent lavishly in the late 14th century, turning the medieval castle into a palace fortress designed in the latest perpendicular style. The Earl of Leicester then expanded the castle once again, constructing new Tudor buildings and exploiting the medieval heritage of Kenilworth to produce a fashionable Renaissance palace.
Kenilworth was partly destroyed by Parliamentary forces in 1649 to prevent it being used as a military stronghold. Ruined, only two of its buildings remain habitable today. The castle became a tourist destination from the 18th century onwards, becoming famous in the Victorian period following the publishing of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth in 1826. English Heritage has managed the castle since 1984. The castle is classed as a Grade I listed building and as a Scheduled Monument, and is open to the public.
A fantastic place in highland scotland.
The film Highlander,starring Christopher Lambert portrays this beautiful castle..
Back in Castle Combe, my second visit of the year. So of course I would head down to my favourite spot in the village. I like to sit on the seats by the river, across from these pretty little cottages. It was a beautiful warm and sunny afternoon, just perfect for enjoying the fine summer weather.
It was a spontaneous visit, so I didn't have my proper camera to hand. However I was able to take this rather cool panoramic shot with my iPhone. It's true; the best camera is the one you have with you at the time!
Corfe Castle began in 1086,when William the Conqueror traded a church in Gillingham for the land that Corfe Castle would be built on. By 1106, Corfe Castle was considered a well-fortified castle in England and in King John's reign, used as a prison for his niece, Princess Eleanor of Brittany. She was lucky to survive as 22 of her knights were not so fortunate.
In 1635 the castle was sold to Sir John Bankes who was Lord Chief Justice. The Bankes family would own Corfe Castle for 350 years. Within that time, Corfe Castle played a part in the English Civil War, holding off two sieges and was only captured through treachery from within.
By 1982 the castle was passed on from the Bankes family to The National Trust.
Bogenšperk Castle (pronounced [ˈboːɡɛnʃpɛɾk]; Slovene: Grad Bogenšperk, German: Schloss Wagensperg) is a 16th-century castle located in the municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia. It is best known for its association with the 17th-century historian Johann Weikhard von Valvasor.
Castle De Haar is one of the most famous and visited castles in all of Holland and was originally founded in the late 1300’s by the Van de Haar family, whose standing in society allowed them the comfort of building a fortified abode.
By 1449, the castle became the property of the Van Zuylen family thru marriage. In 1482, the castle was destroyed due to differences of opinion (quarrels) between the city of Utrecht and its bishop
By the 17th century, the Van Zuylen family line had become extinct and the castle was inherited by the Van Stembors, who originated from the south of Holland - present day Belgium. French soldiers attacked and damaged the castle during the years 1672 and 73.
In 1801, Castle De Haar passed to JJ.van Zuylen van Nijevelt, a distant cousin of the Zuylen family. JJ had inherited a castle that was in a poor state of repair due to 200 years of neglect. Upon his death, these magnificent ruins passed to his son Baron Etienne van Zuylen van Nijevelt in 1890.
The rebuilding of the castle was started in 1892 under the guidance of one of Holland’s most famous architects Dr PHJ Cuypers. It is his influence on Castle De Haar that we see today. PHJ Cuypers rebuilt the castle as close as possible to the original outlines and were there was not sufficient material to work with he used his own ideas of what a medieval castle should look like. The interior was rebuilt to a luxurious standard with the inclusion of electricity. A new bailey with an entrance gate was built on its original foundations.
Today the castle is surrounded by parkland but this was not always the case. From the medieval period to the end of the 19th century, the village of Haarzuilens had been surrounded the castle. Haarzuilens was completely demolished and relocated some one and a half kilometres away to the west. The village chapel however was saved from this wilful destruction and incorporated into the new park.
Castle De Haar is now a museum and opens to the public except during the month of September when the Van Zuylen van Nijevelt family turn it back into a home for their month long stay.
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The adres for the car navigator, Kasteel de Haar,
Kasteellaan 1,3455 RR Haarzuilens.
Dunstanburgh Castle lies on a headland on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton.The castle is the largest in Northumberland and the site shows traces of much earlier occupation before the erection of the castle was started in 1313 by the Earl of Lancaster.This was an early morning shot just as the sun came over the castle.
Castle Tioram, a ruined castle that sits on the tidal island Eilean Tioram in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland.
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Nach Überquerung des Blarney Flusses strebten wir im Schatten der Bäume nur noch dem schon zuvor gezeigten Steinkreis mit dem Namen "Seven Sisters" (Sieben Schwestern) zu, den wir gebührend bewunderten, und beeilten uns anschließend zum Ausgang, weil wir die Schließzeit der Blarney Castle Gardens ohnehin schon recht deutlich überschritten hatten. Schön war's dort, und interessant !
After crossing the Blarney River, we headed in the shadow of the trees straight for the stone circle known as the ‘Seven Sisters’, which we admired as it deserved, and then hurried to the exit, as we had already significantly exceeded the closing time of the Blarney Castle Gardens. It was lovely there, and interesting too !
Ross Castle next to Lough Leane at Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, dates from the first half of the 15th century. A banqueting hall and minstrels gallery are on the top floor.
Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage.
It 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 castle is being renovated, hence the scaffolding and you can see how one of the towers has been cleaned up
The pic was shot in RAW and processed in Photoshop Camera Raw to produce two files, one for the sky and one for the castle. Layers and masking were then used in CS3 with various tweaks using adjustment layers
The earliest written reference to the Old Castle of Celje dates back to 1323. The original design only included a Romanesque palace and the walls. It was given its today's scope and appearance by the Counts of Celje, the most renowned and notable noble dynasty seated in the area of present-day Slovenia. Their reign and power had a long reach and they had a substantial impact on the political fate of the Central European region. The first Count of Celje to move to the Celje Old Castle with his wife and four children was Friderik I. After moving in, he started to refurbish the castle into a more comfortable dwelling. In the following decades, they extended the curtain wall to include the eastern inner ward, while the four-storey guard tower (the Friderik Tower) took over the main defensive role. Herman II used this tower a dungeon as he locked up his own son Friderik II, after whom the tower is named, due to Friderik's forbidden love for Veronika Deseniška After the demise of the Counts of Celje, the castle was inherited by the Habsburg dynasty who left it to their burgraves.
Of the many colourful volcanic formations in the walls surrounding Crater Lake, The Pumice Castle, on the east wall, attracts the attention of many visitors viewing the crater walls from the rim, particularly when the afternoon sunlight emphasises the strong pattern of orange colour on the east wall.
The Castle is part of an extensive lenticular bed of fragmental pumice outcropping on the crater wall about 400m feet above the level of the lake, or 122m below the crater rim just south of Cloudcap Bay (on the left of the image).
The bed of pumice has a maximum thickness of 58m. Below it much of the section of the crater wall is hidden by talus, except for a few thin layers of lava and beds of fragmental material. Immediately above the lenticular bed of pumice is a thick, massive bed of andesite. Above the andesite occurs the pumice which mantles the remnants of Ancient Mount Mazama and the region extending for many miles beyond.
Although the Castle looks orange in the above image, there is in fact a much more sublte range of colours in it, including layers of brownish-red, light buff to pink, grey, black, and brown rocks, mainly pumice. It is the interspersing of harder, resistant materials such as andesite and obsidian amidst the layers of pumice that explains why erosion has produced the feature.
In addition to the scenic value of The Pumice Castle, it is a significant scientific feature in that it is evidence of a pumice eruption which occurred earlier than the ejection of material represented by the great thickness of pumice exposed at the top of the crater wall, and which mantles the region for miles beyond the crater rim.
On the far horizon in the left of the image can be seen Mount Thielsen. Some 2,800m tall, it is an extinct shield volcano that stopped erupting some 250,000 years ago. Glaciers have heavily eroded the volcano, creating precipitous slopes and the distinctive peak. The peak attracts lightning strikes and fulgurite (lightning-fused soils) can be found on its slopes.
Utah Route 128 scenic byway follows the spectacular Colorado River Canyon and some great western movie scenery north of Moab. Only 44 miles long, well worth a drive.
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. It was founded in the aftermath of the Norman conquest of England when William the Conqueror (1066–1087) ordered its construction because he wished to have a fortified place in the important city of Norwich. It proved to be his only castle in East Anglia