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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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Pictures from Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Andrew Lang, M.A., sometime Fellow of Merton College, Oxford [1844 – 1912]; sixth edition, Seely & Co. Ltd., London, 1896.

There are some more pictures of Oxford done by Haslehust, in colour.

I am working on a transcription of this book. I found one online at worldwideschool.org but it lacks the images, and has many errors.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Andrew Lang.

Oxford Castle

Oxford Castle

Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (1896)

From an Etching by A. Brunet-Debaines. There are other pictures of Oxford Castle. “With the buildings of Robert D’Oily, a follower of the Conqueror’s, and the husband of an English wife, the heiress o [...]

Keywords: water, castles, ruins, trees, bridges

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-01-04

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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