Castles

Castles

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

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Skipton Castle

Architecture; Castles

A Norman castle of earth and timber was built at Skipton by Robert de Romille, soon after 1090. The defences were later rebuilt in stone. The castle is most closely associated with the Clifford ...

Earthworks are all that remain of this Norman motte and bailey castle, built around 1086. The castle was an unusual design. The motte was surrounded by a ditch, and was separated from its bailey by a ...

St Mawes Castle

Architecture; Castles

St Mawes Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1540-45 as one of a pair of artillery forts to protect this strategic area from the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. Pendennis Castle was ...

Skenfrith Castle

Architecture; Castles

Skenfrith Castle, along with White and Grosmont, is one of three castles built to protect one of the main routes through the border region between England and South Wales. In the late 1130's King ...

Sinclair Girnigoe Castle

Architecture; Castles

Castle Sinclair Girnigoe was the home of the Sinclair family, Earls of Caithness. The dramatic ruins are gradually falling into the sea, and its perilous position on steep cliffs make it a castle ...

St Catherines Castle

Architecture; Castles

A small artillery fort built by Henry VIII to defend Fowey harbour. It has two storeys with gun ports at ground level. Below the 16th century fort is a two gun battery built in 1855.