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This is my entry, that I've made for the 32x32 challenge at Classic-castle.com. The base of the castle is on a 32x32 baseplate.
Sforza Castle is a castle in Milan, Italy, Medieval fortification construction began in the 14th century, the castle was severely damaged in 1943 during World War II. reconstruction began aftrer the end of War,Ducal residence and a fortress,is a popular for tourists today is reason enough to take a tour of its secret passages. see the fountain out front,deals with two periods of history in the centre of Milan in front of the Cathedral Square most famous and much beloved monument and very distinctive. will show you the these photos were taken 12-2008 of the original castle Very good and highest quality way to manage the Histrory.
Wolvesey Castle, Winchester, 7 February 2019. Originally built as the Bishop's Palace for Winchester Cathedral in stages in 970, 1110 and 1135, it was fortified with defensive walls by Henri de Blois (brother of King Stephen) in 1141 during The Anarchy. The Empress Matilda (Stephen's wife and enemy!) beseiged the castle and city in 1141 during which the castle/palace was badly damaged and the city burnt to the ground 'The Route of Winchester'. Subsequently, Henry II 'slighted' the castle although the residentail parts of the palace remained. In 1646 the Roundheads finally totally destroyed the castle and palace during the English Civil War. A new Bishop's Palace was built in 1684 but partly demolished in 1786. However, the remaining wing was once more restored as the Bishop's Palace in 1926. Pictured is the Palace incorporating (on the right) the chapel of the castle..
Fyvie Castle
The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century - some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce, and Charles I lived there as a child. Following the Battle of Otterburn in 1390, it ceased to be a royal stronghold and instead fell into the possession of five successive families - Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith - each of whom added a new tower to the castle.
The castle (like many Scottish castles) is said to be haunted. A story is told that in 1920 during renovation work the skeleton of a woman was discovered behind a bedroom wall. On the day the remains were laid to rest in Fyvie cemetery, the castle residents started to be plagued by strange noises and unexplained happenings. Fearing he had offended the dead woman, the Laird of the castle had the skeleton exhumed and replaced behind the bedroom wall, at which the haunting ceased.
Fyvie Castle Day 4
August 7, 2009
Arundel Castle, Castle church, castle gardens and Arundel town. A beautiful place to visit and I had a wonderful spring day visit there.
Arundel is in West Sussex England and the castle is home to the Duke of Norfolk. Castle originally built starting in 1067
This is a remake of DawnStream Castle. I tried some new things in this one, including a waterfall and an angled wall. Y'all tell me what you think.
Respect the Crown.
Bran Castle, supposedly Dracula's Castle, is actually a pretty fairy-tale castle in the little village of Bran in Romania. Neither the fictional Dracula nor the real Vlad Tepes, whom Bram Stoker may or may not have based Dracula, ever set foot in Bran Castle. Nevertheless, a market selling Dracula souveniers and hoards of tourists may lead one to believe otherwise. In fact, it was built by the people of Brasov to protect the Bran mountain pass from the Turks, and was inhabited by Queen Marie.
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Edinburgh castle from Princes Street Gardens in beginning of autumn.
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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/11 at -2 1/3 EV
Taken with: Nikon D90 and 18-105 mm f/3.5-5.6 at 21
This was a real b*tch in processing, I shot three bracketed shots to make an HDR, but the results were disappointed especially on the tree on the right with the bright sky behind (I masked the sun there). After processing I could always see dark patches in that part of the sky. So I took another approach:
- my -2 1/3 EV shot had the best range to start with, because the sky was the area that needed some color and this one had the most colordetail there.
- In photoshop created three levels layers with all a different mask
- L1: Sky: mask created with color range, shadow input level to 57 and midtone to 0,82 this gave me the blue sky I wanted
- L2: castle + rock: this was a little too dark (obvious off course of the dark shot I took), highlight input to 221 and output to 3..252
- L3: trees and foreground: this was too dark too and needed some extra light: highlight input to 210, midtone to 1.09 and output to 9..255
- A 4th layer was created to boost the saturation of red/magenta on the redish tree on the right
- in Lightroom: recovery 100 --> got all the blue I needed and some extra detail in trees.
- still in Lightroom: added clarity, sharpening and vibrance (I know I can do that too in PS, but I like the Lightroom way better)
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The chateau was established as a French style Gothic castle in 1300 with a ring composition broken up by many towers. Later it underwent some architectonic reconstructions. At the first third of the 18th century it was converted into Baroque chateau and at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries restyled in neo-Gothic. Significant changes were carried out, when it belonged to the successor of the Austrian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este, assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914. Archduke was a passionate collector of hunting trophies, historical weapons, paintings, furniture, china and St. George statues. The major part of his collections is on display in the representative halls of the chateau. The chateau is set amidst a magnificent park with a rose garden and with greenhouse founded by Archduke himself. Under the Chateau, partly integrated in the park, there is a big lake there. Inside the Chateau, you can expect richly decorated rooms, with original furniture and many valuable pictures and other artifacts. Walking through the interiors will turn you back to the times of the former owners of the Chateau. And as you will see, they lived well here, in the best comfort, even with very modern bathroom for that time of the 19th century. On the walls of the Konopiště chateau, there are also over 3000 trophies from the original collection of the last owner Franz Ferdinand d'Este. The Chateau is located in a virgin nature, surrounded by deep forests, which used to be an ideal place for hunting. In the main courtyard of the chateau, there is an original shooting range of the passionate hunter, still functioning.
Gwrych Castle is a Grade 1 listed 19th century mock castle or folly near Abergele in Conwy county borough, North Wales.
The castle was built between 1819 and 1825 at the behest of Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh, grandfather of Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald. From 1894 until 1924, when the Countess died, it was the residence of the Dundonald family. The Countess left the castle in her will to King George V and the then Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII). However, the gift was refused and the castle passed to the Venerable Order of Saint John. In 1928, the Earl of Dundonald purchased the castle for £78,000, selling the contents to meet the cost.[1]
During World War II, the Government used the castle to house 200 Jewish refugees.[2] Following the war, the castle left the Dundonald family and was open to the public for twenty years. It was called The Showpiece of Wales at this time, and attracted many visitors.[3] It was also used as a training venue for the English World Middleweight boxing champion Randy Turpin in the early 1950s. In the early 60s it was an occasional venue for the famous motorcycle dragon rally and in the 70s it was used as a centre for medieval re-enactments, attracting tourists with such events as jousting and mock banquets.
The castle was last open to the public in 1985. Thereafter, it started to decline.[1] It was bought in 1989 by an American businessman (Nick Tavaglione) for £750,000.[3] However, his plans to renovate the building were not carried out. As a result, the castle was extensively looted and vandalised, becoming little more than a derelict shell, although it was used in 1996 as the backdrop for Prince Valiant, a film starring Edward Fox , Joanna Lumley and Katherine Heigl.[4]
During the period of Tavaliogne's ownership, historian Mark Baker campaigned for the castle to be brought back to its days of glory—a campaign that he started when he was twelve years old.[5] Baker was instrumental in forming the Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust, dedicated to ensuring the castle's future. The condition of the property was monitored by the Trust, who eventually forced the American owner to put it up for sale.[citation needed]
City Services Ltd, trading as Clayton Homes, bought the castle in January 2007 for £850,000, after it failed to reach its £1.5m reserve price at the 2 June auction. On 30 April 2007, Clayton announced a 3 year project, costing £6,000,000, to renovate the castle and convert it into a 90-bedroom 5-star hotel, creating 100 jobs. The project was subject to planning permission, but had the support of the Trust.[4] Recently, a ghost has been photographed at the castle and even featured in The Sun newspaper.
The Gwrych Castle Trust Archive and the National Library of Wales hold important materials relating to Gwrych, including numerous original plans and various designs for the stained glass windows.
Clayton Homes was placed into Administration in August 2009, and the Castle was sold by the administrators to a new owner in early 2010 who plans to continue the project to convert the Castle into an Hotel.
Neath Castle was one of the minor Norman castles in the lordship of Glamorgan. Like the Romans before them, the Normans chose this strategic spot guarding the river crossing for a stronghold. The main surviving feature of the castle is the great twin-towered gatehouse on its west side. This belongs to the latest phase in its 250 year history.
The first castle was a ringwork known to have been built here in the 12th century by Robert, earl of Gloucester. The roughly oval, raised enclosure to the east of the gatehouse probably dates from this period. The castle was much harried by the Welsh, and was rebuilt sometime in the early 13th century, possibly after being destroyed by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1231. The ruined curtain wall is part of this castle, although it has been much tampered with since. It had two projecting round towers, the stump of one of which is visible to the east side. There was a simple gatehouse on the site of the present one, and the flight of steps well below present ground level in front of the present gatehouse led up to this 13th-century one.
The castle was again severely damaged by enemies of the unpopular lord of Glamorgan, Hugh Despenser. It was the 14th-century rebuilding after this attack that gave it its magnificent gatehouse. Only the fronts of the great D-shaped towers and the arch between them survive. The steps of the old gateway, now uncovered again, were buried and a drawbridge used instead. Jutting out from the front of the right-hand tower is the broken end of the town wall. The interior of the castle can be glimpsed through a gateway on the south side, but foundations of buildings ranged around the curtain wall are all that can be seen.
Car 22 at Derby Castle
No.22 is the fourth and final ‘Winter Saloon’ delivered to the M.E.R in 1899. The Car was built by G.F.Milnes, fitted with Milnes Series 3 trucks (Powered by E.C.C Motors) and noticeably larger than any of the previous saloon designs, allowing space for 48 passengers. Following the delivery of the 28-31 series, No.22 quickly received the newer equipment from Car No.31 in October 1904, gaining its Brill 27CX Trucks and air brakes whilst donating its less-powerful equipment to the now-Ratchet Car.
The Car, along with the rest of its series, settled down into regular traffic and few subsequent modifications, apart from getting reversible cushioned seats in 1932 along with trailer air cocks (for operation with No.57 and No.58) and a compressor change. It also received K12 Controllers in 1936, replacing the previous K11 units. For a period in the 1960s and 1970s, the Car was also fitted with a second headlight. No.22 was one of three Winter Saloons repainted into the Nationalised Green livery in 1958, but reverted back to traditional livery by 1960.
No.22 underwent heavy overhaul during 1989/90, returning to service in August 1990. On the 29th of September, the Car suffered a small electrical failure near Eskadale, however managed to return to Derby Castle Car Sheds. The next evening, reports of a fire at the Car Sheds witnessed Car No.22 alight due to a resistor overheating and the body of No.22 was destroyed. A replica body was constructed in 1991 by MacArds of Port Erin, and between there and Derby Castle Car Sheds, it returned to service in 1992. The new body was manufactured in the traditional style but includes some differences to the other three ‘Winter Saloons’, including differing headlight styles and a P.A system.
The ‘new’ No.22 soon settled back into the regular service, however it was repainted into the national Isle of Man Transport livery in May 2001, similar to that carried by the Island’s buses at the time. Following fierce opposition to the livery, No.22 was returned to a more traditional M.E.R livery in November 2002. The Car also received a full repaint in Summer/Autumn 2010, in the normal M.E.R Red/White/Teak style. The car was withdrawn in Summer 2012 pending rectification to it’s trucks, with it in turn receiving a replacement from Car No.20, returning to traffic in July 2013.
With my lovely wife Joy, improving the foreground... We enjoyed a very pleasant walk in the grounds and gardens. The cafe offer was disappointing alas.
Stokesay Castle began its life as a stark Norman stronghold, but was transformed sometime between 1285 and 1305 into a grand manor house. The Elizabethans added the timber-framed jacobean gatehouse in the 17th Century. The ornate carved timbers over the gatehouse entrance, depict Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Leeds Castle
The Norman Cellar
The cellar is the oldest part of the castle and dates from the early 12th century.
"The loveliest castle in the world"
Historian Lord Conway
A castle has been on this site since 1119.
In the 13th century it came into the hands of King Edward I, for whom it became a favourite residence.
In the 16th century, Henry VIII used it as a residence for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
The castle as it is today dates mostly from the 19th century and is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len.
In 1926 Lady Baillie, an Anglo-American heiress, bought the castle, in a state of considerable disrepair, for $874K (about £550K), a colossal amount in those days, and set about restoring it to its fabulous former glory with no expense spared.
Lady Baillie donated the castle to the nation in 1974.
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Naworth Castle, is a castle in Cumbria, England, near the town of Brampton. It is adjacent to the A69, about 2 miles east of Brampton. It is on the opposite side of the River Irthing and just within sight of Lanercost Priory. It was the seat of the Barons Dacre and is now that of their cognatic descendants, the Earls of Carlisle. It is a Grade I listed building.
The castle is thought to have late 13th-century origins, in the form of a square keep and bailey. It was first mentioned in 1323, and in 1335, a licence to crenellate was granted to Ralph Dacre.
Thomas Dacre (1467–1525), who commanded the reserve of the English army at the Battle of Flodden and was known as "the Builder Dacre", built the castle's gateway and placed over it his coat of arms with the Dacre family motto below: Fort en Loialte (Norman-French: "Strong in Loyalty"). There were further additions in 1602 for his successor, Lord William Howard. It is likely that the 18th-century walled garden lies within the boundaries of the original moat.
Lord William Howard purchased back the Dacre family estate from King James and took up residence with his children and grandchildren at Naworth Castle. He restored the castle, improved the estate and established order in that part of the country. He had a large family of children, of whom Philip, his heir, was the grandfather of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, and his younger son Francis was the ancestor of the Howards of Corby.
William Morris, the artist and socialist, stayed at the castle in August 1874. In a letter to Aglaia Coronio, he writes "...all is very pleasant. Ned & I pass our mornings in a most delightful room in one of the towers that has not been touched since William Howard of Queen Elizabeth's time lived there: the whole place is certainly the most poetical in England." From 1939 to 1940, Naworth was occupied by Rossall School from Fleetwood in Lancashire, which had been evacuated from its own buildings by various government departments. It is currently occupied by the Hon. Philip Howard, younger brother and heir presumptive of the 13th Earl of Carlisle.
On Saturday, 18 May 1844, the castle caught fire, possibly as a result of the ignition of some soot in the flue of the Porter's Lodge. The structure's lack of internal walls allowed the fire to spread rapidly, and it remained unchecked until it reached the northern wing. Although some property was saved, by the time two fire engines had arrived by train from Carlisle, most of the roof had collapsed and the fire had spread to nearly every room on the three sides of the quadrangle. Water had to be passed in buckets from a rivulet at the foot of a steep hill on the north side of the castle. "Belted Will's Tower" was saved, while the fire continued until around one o'clock on Sunday morning, when it was brought under control. Subsequent restoration was undertaken by the architect Anthony Salvin.
Naworth Castle is private and not open to the public
More photos of Naworth Castle here: www.flickr.com/photos/davidambridge/albums/72157625081673916
For "reasons", we were at Walmer castle tis afternoon.
It was beyond hot.
And then I realised its about 15 years since we were last here, at the seat of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, so chance before the reason, to wander about and take shots.
Did I mention it was hot?
Walmer castle has been converted from a place of defence into the residence of the Lord Warden, a converted Tudor castle, similar to Deal and Winchelsea, though decked out as expected for Wardens such as The Duke of Wellington (he died here, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Before going to Walmer, there was the morning to fill.
No gym for us, so we could lay until seven until the water boiler fired up, that usually wakes me, though Jools had been up an hour by then.
We watered some of the thirstier plants, then sat on the patio until the fierce heat that was too strong for more than a few minutes at nine, made us seek cool shelter back inside.
The cats too take shelter from the heat, when we can stand it we watch wasps stopping to take drinks from the bowl we put out.
Lunch is rolls with either corned beef of roast beef, pickles, and being British, crisps to add the crunch, though from a break with tradition, paprika flavour rather than cheese and onion.
They filled us up, so we retired to the patio, as after lunch the shadows cover the seats, though as the sun doesn't get as high in the sky now, it shines longer under the umbrella.
Just before two we leave for the Castle.
Did I mention it was hot?
It was hot..
A short drive into Walmer, then out through to the coast road, parking near the beach opposite the entrance.
We are members, but would have got in free, as we were here to attend a meeting of U2A, and for me to meet some of my churchcrawling group.
Not sure if I wrote about this, but from the end of September, every two weeks, ten of us will visit a church, and I will struggle to answer questions.
The new group went "live" in the system last Sunday, and in under an hour I had received thirty requests to join. The first ten got in, so we will see how that goes.
Walmer Castle has splendid grounds, lots of plants, especially in the kitchen garden, and being school holidays, there were a few families around, but it wasn't crowded. Photography is still banned inside, so we skipped the castle tour and went straight outside.
There was a couple of shots I wanted, which I got, but really, it was just too hot to be wandering too far out of the shade.
We took shelter on a bench in the shadow of a hedge beside the pond in the Queen Mother's garden, and sat there cooling down until it was time to go into the meeting.
The meeting went on for an hour, in a room with lots of glass, no air conditioning, and with every chair taken, it was humid.
But in the end, we had all introduced ourselves, heard about the organisation, again., we could go and me find Jools.
Who was waiting outside.
Quarter past four, not quite so hot, but hot enough so that we didn't want to do any more walking round the gardens.
We went back to the car, taking the shortcut accessible exit, over the road and then home.
The vet called with news.
Due to us pressing, with information provided with a friend on here, more tests had been done and results were in. No as bad as feared, but enough as a cause for concern.
Scully has to go in on Wednesday for a urine test, but we feel that things are really moving forward. Maybe not at the pace we wanted, but still.
Baby steps.
Not much for tea, as we weren't that hungry.
And an evening filled with cup football, with Norwich away at Watford and so expected to lose. However, Norwich played well, and were 2-0 up by half time, and hung on to win.
Which was nice.
After the football, I went into the back garden to look at the rising waning moon.
A mist had begun to rise, and the moon was barely visible, but appeard as an angry red, partly deflated balloon just above the horizon, before it was lost in the mist and clouds.
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Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast. Comprising a keep and four circular bastions, the moated stone castle covered 0.61 acres (0.25 ha) and had 39 firing positions on the upper levels for artillery. It cost the Crown a total of £27,092 to build the three castles of Walmer, Sandown, and Deal, which lay adjacent to one another along the coast and were connected by earthwork defences.[a] The original invasion threat passed, but during the Second English Civil War of 1648–49, Walmer was seized by pro-Royalist insurgents and was only retaken by Parliamentary forces after several months' fighting.
In the 18th century, Walmer became the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and was gradually modified from a military fortification into a private residence. Various Prime Ministers and prominent politicians were appointed as Lord Warden, including William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Granville, who adapted parts of the Tudor castle as living spaces and constructed extensive gardens around the property. By 1904, the War Office agreed that Walmer had no remaining military utility and it passed to the Ministry of Works. Successive Lord Wardens continued to use the property but it was also opened to the public. Walmer was no longer considered a particularly comfortable or modern residence, however, and Lord Curzon blamed the poor condition of the castle for his wife's death in 1906.
Lord Wardens since the Second World War have included Winston Churchill, Robert Menzies and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, but they have made only intermittent use of Walmer Castle. In the 21st century, Walmer Castle is run as a tourist attraction by English Heritage. The interior of the castle displays a range of historical objects and pictures associated with the property and its Lord Wardens, protected since the 19th century by special legislation. The grounds include the Queen Mother's Garden, designed by Penelope Hobhouse as a 95th birthday gift for Elizabeth in 1997.
Walmer Castle was built to defend the English coast from attack by France and the Holy Roman Empire in the final years of the reign of King Henry VIII. Traditionally the Crown had left coastal defences to the local lords and communities, only taking a modest role in building and maintaining fortifications, and while France and the Empire remained in conflict with one another, maritime raids were common but an actual invasion of England seemed unlikely.[1] Modest defences, based around simple blockhouses and towers, existed in the south-west and along the Sussex coast, with a few more impressive works in the north of England, but in general the fortifications were very limited in scale.
Walmer and the adjacent castles of Deal and Sandown were constructed to protect the Downs in east Kent, an important anchorage formed by the Goodwin Sands which gave access to Deal Beach, on which enemy soldiers could easily be landed.[9] The stone castles were supported by a line of four earthwork forts, known as the Great Turf, the Little Turf Bulwark, the Great White Bulwark of Clay and the Walmer Bulwark, and a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) defensive ditch and bank.[10] Collectively the castles became known as the "castles of the Downs" and cost the Crown a total of £27,092 to build.
In the 18th century, Walmer Castle became the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.[26] The Lord Warden was originally a medieval title linked to five key ports along the coast of England; the position's prominence had faded, but it still retained important judicial and military functions.[30] When Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, was appointed to the post in 1708 he decided that the existing residence in Dover Castle was unsatisfactory, probably because of the semi-ruinous state of the castle, and moved into Walmer Castle instead.[31]
The Duke occupied the post of Lord Warden until 1765, save for two periods when it was filled by James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester.[32] He carried out extensive work to make the castle more habitable, building extensions towards the north bastion and constructing a small house in the south bastion for the soldiers.[26] Under the subsequent Lord Wardens, the politicians Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, and Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, the castle continued to house artillery but it became increasingly less military in character.[33]
The Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger was then made the Lord Warden in 1792. Pitt was badly in debt and King George III believed that the post, which came with a salary of £3,000 a year, would usefully supplement Pitt's income.[34][b] Pitt made extensive use of the castle and by 1803 he used it as his main residence in an effort to reduce his living costs.[36] Pitt's niece, Lady Hester Stanhope, joined him at Walmer between 1803 and 1806; together with Pitt, she carried out extensive work on the castle gardens, transforming them from a simple kitchen garden into a set of landscaped ornamental enclosures; Stanhope enlisted the Dover militia to help with the landscaping and planting.[37]
With the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Pitt became energetically involved in the protection of the ports along the coast, entertaining the local garrison commanders, naval captains and the local gentry at Walmer on a regular basis.[38] After Pitt resigned as prime minister in 1801, fears remained of a French invasion and he formed a volunteer cavalry unit at Walmer Castle, where he lived with his new officers.[39] He also formed a unit of bombardier infantry and a fleet of 35 fishing boats called luggers, which he armed with 12-pound (5.4 kg) or 18-pound (8.2 kg) guns, reviewing them from the castle.[40] Stanhope remarked on the constant drilling of army units around the castle during her time there.[41]
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, took possession of Walmer Castle following the death of Pitt in 1806.[32] Liverpool was a favourite of King George's, and his appointment as Lord Warden was again intended to provide a valuable income and a country retreat.[42] As prime minister, Liverpool used Walmer as a personal retreat and as a location for private political discussions with selected guests.
On Lord Liverpool's death in 1828, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and the prime minister at the time, asked King George IV for the post of Lord Warden, primarily because he was seeking the use of Walmer Castle.[44] Wellington took up post in 1829 and considered Walmer to be "the most charming marine residence".[45] He made use of the castle each autumn, entertaining extensively there but living and sleeping in a single room.[46] He was visited there twice by Victoria, once when she was still a princess and later as queen.[47] Wellington let the gardens fall into a poor condition.[48] Wellington died in his room at Walmer on 14 September 1852.[49] His embalmed body was kept in his room to lie in state until 10 November,[50] and when the room was opened for public visitors during the final two days, around 9,000 attended.[51] The Duke's body was finally removed to London via Deal, complete with a military escort.
Attack
Warfare was a fundamental part of Medieval life. Castles were an essential military tool. They provided safety for lords and gave refuge from armies too large to face in open battle.
The attacking army would camp outside the castle walls. There could be as many as 1,000 men in the camp, all of whom had to be fed and watered. The force would include carpenters and blacksmiths who would build the siege weapons.
The attackers would try to starve out those inside the castle. This didn’t always work. Castles were designed to be self-sufficient and often had a plentiful supply of water and food. Tamworth Castle had a well inside the castle walls.
Siege weapons such as catapults and battering rams, were massive machines that were used to pound the castle walls and doors. The invading army advancing on the castle would fight through a series of defences, whilst dending off a constant attach of arrows, stones and boiling liquids.
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The Trebuchet. This was a catapult. It had a duge arm with a sling which would throw stones and other items. Attackers would catapult diseased animals or human corpses over the walls in order to introduce disease inside. Can you see on this image the dead soldier about to be flung from the Trebuchet?
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Castle under siege, showing the use of crossbows for both attack and defence, and heavy stones raining doen on the invading soldiers.
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Medieval siege encampment. Armies camped outside castle walls makign ready for their attack.
OIA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL RED EASTERN DIVISION
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Kaiser High School Gymnasium
Blue Varsity
Kaiser Cougars vs Castle Knights
Sepia image of Nunney Castle
History
The tower formerly stood within a larger courtyard enclosed on three sides by a wall and on the fourth by the brook. Within the courtyard there probably existed several service buildings. Sir John was a figure of relatively modest means who was beginning to enjoy royal favour. The new castle displayed his growing power in the locality. The tower is laid out on a four-lobed plan and encircled by a moat. On each corner, there is a turret capped by a conical roof. A projecting line of battlements ran round the wall tops. Inside the tower was a kitchen at ground floor level, a hall on the third floor and withdrawing chambers on the top floor. Opening off these into the far right-hand corner tower was a chapel.
Description
Nunney Castle was extensively modernised in the late 16th century, probably by Richard Prater, a rich Londoner who bought the castle sometime after 1560. The castle remained in the possession of the Prater family until the Civil War, when it was besieged and ruined by order of Parliament. The shell of the tower was taken into state guardianship in 1926 and cleared of plants and rubble. At the same time both the moat and the medieval drawbridge pit beneath the far end of the bridge were re-excavated.
The Castle Air Base in Atwater, CA., has a museum attached. Seen here an old U.S. Presidential Aircraft and the SR-71 Black Bird sit in the parking lot.
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Rockfield is an L-plan towerhouse, of which the part shown here is the main block, which lies approximately east and west, with a wing on the south side. The walls were built on a substantial boulder foundation, as can been seen at the base of the west gable.
There are two defensive gunloops in the walls visible here, one in the west gable and another in the south wall. The south facing one (below which there is another, hidden by the garden wall) is interesting, because its position just below the eaves suggests that the roof level has been lowered and that the building was once a floor higher. As it stands, in consists of two floors and an attic.