Castles

Castles

A large, fortified building or set of buildings, that are usually walled.

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Castles

Portland Castle was built between 1539 and 1540, along with Sandsfoot Castle on the cliffs opposite, to protect an important anchorage known as the Portland Roads. It was one of a chain of artillery ...

Beeston Castle

Architecture; Castles

The mediaeval ruins of Beeston Castle stand on a rocky summit 500ft above the Cheshire plain, offering stunning views from the Pennines in the east to the mountains of Wales in the west. The ...

Aydon Castle

Architecture; Castles

Aydon Castle is one of the finest examples of a mediaeval manor house in England. Robert de Reymes, a wealthy Suffolk merchant, began construction of the house in 1296, at the end of an unusually ...

Barnard Castle

Architecture; Castles

Barnard Castle is named after the men that built the stone castle and founded the town. In 1125 Bernard de Balliol succeeded to the lands first given to Guy de Balliol in 1095. The original timber ...

Berwick Castle

Architecture; Castles

Very little remains of what was once the most important of all the border castles. Begun in the 12th century, few castles can have seen as much military action and changed hands as frequently as ...

Barden Tower

Architecture; Castles

He Forest of Barden was a hunting forest for the owners of Skipton Castle. In the late 15th century, Henry Clifford, the 'Shepherd Lord', rebuilt one of the hunting lodges and made it his principal ...

Berkhamsted Castle

Architecture; Castles

Berkhamsted Castle is a good example of a motte and bailey castle where the original wooden defences were later rebuilt in stone. It consists of a large bailey, with parts of its curtain wall still ...