Castles (page 2/4)

Donnington Castle

The Gate House
The gatehouse dates from 1386, when King Richard II granted Richard Abberbury the Elder the right to fortify ("crenellate") his manor. [more...]

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Broughton Castle

The Barbican or Outer Gate
Started in AD 1300 or so by Sir John de Broughton and granted a licence to crenellate (that is, to fortify it and add the embrasures for archers ontop of the roof) in 1406, [...] [more...]

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Plan of Kenilworth Castle

There has been a castle at this site since at least the first half of the 12th century, although the oldest of the present buildings could be as late as the 1260s according to Sir Charles Oman. [more...]

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Trematon Castle

The gate-house [more...]

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St Mawes Castle

The Gateway [more...]

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St. Michael’s Mount;

The westernmost of the castles of the British Isles is in some ways the most interesting and picturesque of them all. Essentially a water-fortress girt round on all sides by a natural moat, it [...] [more...]

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Ludlow Castle: Inner Ward and Round Chapel

Ludlow Castle dates from the 12th century or earlier. [more...]

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Plan of Ludlow Castle

“This is by far the most important castle of the whole Welsh border, surpassing Chepstow in size and Raglan in historic interest.” (p. 135) [more...]

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[p.137] Stokesay Castle

The Courtyard.

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Goodrich Castle

Corner Tower
“This castle alone, in the whole shire [Herefordshire], has remained fairly perfect, and shows some fine towers and walls. It lies on the [River] Wye, between Ross and Monmouth [...]. It appears to have been built by the de Clares of the [...] [more...]

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Skenfrith Castle

The three castles differ from each other in situation and character. Skenfrith, the smallest of the three, and the one which was least pulled about by its later owners, lies low, at a point where a lateral depression opens out into the main valley of the [river] Monnow. The builder did not take advantage of any one of several neighbouring knolls, but [...] [more...]

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Raglan Castle

The Main Gateway

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