Castles

Castles

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

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Castles

Kingswear Castle was built between 1491 - 1502, as an artillery tower for use with heavy cannon. Due to the limited range of cannon at the time, the fort at Kingswear was designed to work alongside ...

Kenilworth Castle

Architecture; Castles

Kenilworth Castle is the largest castle ruin in England. The castle has lost what was once its most striking feature, the great lake, a kilometre long and half a kilometre wide, which practically ...

Tantallon Castle

Architecture; Castles

Tantallon features extensive earthworks and a very imposing red stone curtain wall that protects one side of a promontory that is otherwise surrounded by steep cliffs and the sea. The scenic location ...

Threave Castle

Architecture; Castles

Threave Castle stands on an island in the middle of the River Dee. During the mediaeval period the water level was higher and the island was only about a third of the size that it is today. Legend ...

Tilbury Fort

Architecture; Castles

Tilbury Fort was constructed in the late 17th century, and replaced a smaller blockhouse built during the reign of Henry VIII. Artillery was now the dominant weapon and the fort was designed to ...

Tintagel Castle

Architecture; Castles

Tintagel Castle is set on a dramatic and picturesque headland that is virtually an island, connected to the mainland by a slim finger of land. Over the centuries much of the castle has fallen into ...

Tioram Castle

Architecture; Castles

Castle Tioram is built on a small rocky island in Loch Moidart in a very picturesque location. It is a roughly five-sided enclosure of high walls with rounded-off corners built in the early 13th ...