Items matching castles

castles: A fortified defensive building or structure. Strictly speaking, a castle was also a home, whereas a fort was purely defensive, but I have used castle for any fortified place. A castle may also have had a dungeon or donjon, a sort of prison for offenders and captured soldiers.

Synonyms: fort, keep, garrison

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Museum of Antiquities

Antwerpia

Portal of the Castle. Het Steen. – Museum van Oudheden – Poort van den Burcht. Het Steen. – Musée d’Antiquitiés – Porte du Bourg. Het Steen. – Altertumsmuseum – Tor der Burg. Het Steen. – Museum of An [...]

Keywords: castles, streets, people, cobbles

Places shown: Antwerp; Belgium

Added: 2004-08-01

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Museum of Antiquities

Antwerpia

The Museum of Antiquities - the South Side

Het Steen. – Museum van Oudheden – Zuidzijde.

Keywords: castles, streets, people, water, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Antwerp; Belgium

Added: 2004-02-22

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The Tower Of London Castle Diagram (wallpaper version)

The National and Domestic History of England Vol 2 (1878)

A version of The Tower of London woodcut with the borders and letters removed (and stretched vertically by about 5%) to make a cool wallpaper.

Keywords: wallpaper, backgrounds, castles, towers, battlements, boats, water, moats

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2009-02-11

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The Tower of London

The National and Domestic History of England Vol 2 (1878)

A woodcut showing a diagram of the Tower of London and its surringings. There are boats and conttages, battlements and towers, with the keep in the middle of it all. The letters annotating various pa [...]

Keywords: castles, diagrams, battlements, towers, boats, ships, moats

Places shown: London London; England

Added: 2009-02-11

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105.—Arundel Castle

Sussex Painted (1906)

Parts of Arundel Castle date as far back as A.D. 1068. Since 1138 the castle has for the most part belonged to the same family and their descendents; it has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk for [...]

Keywords: castles, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-07-19

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98.—Hurstmonceaux Castle

Sussex Painted (1906)

The modern spelling is Herstmonceux. It’s hard to relate this painting to the picture on the official Herstmonceux Web site, but it’s also clear they are of the same place.

Keywords: castles, trees, colour, towers

Places shown: Herstmonceaux; East Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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86.—Pevensey Castle

Sussex Painted (1906)

“The Rape of Pevensey is of a curious shape. [Sussex is divided into six regions called Rapes] It narrows somewhat towards the middle and bulges out towards the top, or north end. This appears to be t [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, trees, water, towers, colour

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Bodiam Castle

Sussex Painted (1906)

Bodiam Castle in Sussex dates from 1385; follow the Bodiam link for at least one more picture of this picturesque castle.

National Trust Web page for Bodiam Castle

Keywords: colour, castles, moats, towers, water

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-30

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Pembroke Castle (Plan)

South Wales and the Wye District of Monmouthshire (1892)

This plan appears to have been the one used by Charles Oman in his book of Castles that could be reached by the Great Western Railway. The main differences are that this one is printed in two colours [...]

Keywords: maps, plans, colour, castles

Places shown: Pembroke; Pembrokeshire; Wales

Added: 2006-02-15

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The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. (version with no caption)

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

This is a version of The Mode in which Antient Castles... but without the caption. Antient is an old way to spell “ancient.” The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. 1 The Barbacan. 2 [...]

Keywords: castles, diagrams

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-31

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The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. 1 The Barbacan. 2 The Ditch or Moat. 3 Wall of the outer Ballium. 4 Outer Ballium. 5 Artificial Mount. 6 Wall of the inner Ballium. 7 Inner Ball [...]

Keywords: castles, diagrams, towers

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-05-31

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140.—The Old Kitchen at Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786)

Published according to Act of Parliament by Alexr. Hogg, No 16 Paternoster Row. The remains of a castle or manor-house, wih crennelated walls (battlements) and I think a weather-vane (weathercock). A [...]

Keywords: manors, castles, trees, towwers

Places shown: Stanton Harcourt; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2007-08-11

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