Castles

Castles

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

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Old Wick Castle

Architecture; Castles

The ruins of the Castle of Old Wick are dramatically located on top of steep cliffs overlooking the sea. The simple four-storey tower is thought to have been built in the late 12th or early 13th ...

Norham Castle

Architecture; Castles

Norham Castle was founded by Bishop Ranulph Flambard of Durham as the administrative centre for his most northern territory. Built in 1121 at a strategic crossing point on the River Tweed, it was ...

Very little is left of Odiham Castle, just some earthworks and the rubble fill of part of an octagonal keep, but the pleasant walk along the Basingstoke Canal makes it worth a visit. It was built by ...

Middleham Castle

Architecture; Castles

The earthworks from an 11th century motte-and-bailey castle can be seen on the high ground to the southwest of the present castle. This early castle was abandoned in the 12th century when a new ...

Okehampton Castle

Architecture; Castles

One of the largest castle ruins in the South West is sited on a long, thin shale outcrop in a wooded valley on the northern edge of Dartmoor. The castle was probably built after 1068, and is ...

Newark Castle

Architecture; Castles

Viewed from the west bank of the River Trent Newark Castle looks very impressive, but if you cross the river and enter the park that surrounds the castle you discover that the walls are just a ...

Nunney Castle

Architecture; Castles

Nunney Castle is a small, French style castle surrounded by a deep moat, built for Sir John Delamare in 1373. A veteran of the Hundred Years War, Sir John would later become Sheriff of Somerset.