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Pictures from Castles by Charles Oman, K.B.E., M.A., All Souls College, Chichele Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford; Member of Parliament for the University; Hon. LL.D. (Edin) and Fellow of the British Acadamy, etc. Published by the Great Western Railway, Paddington Station, London, 1926.
Sir Charles Oman appears not to be regarded today as a good historian; see, for example, R. Allan Brown’s comments quoted at the soc.history.mediaeval web site maintained by Paul Gans.
Copyright has expired for the items included here.
Title: Castles
City: London
Date: 1926
Total items: 33
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Upton Castle: The Gate-House]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/208-Upton-Castle-The-Gate-House-q85-267x200.jpg "[picture: Upton Castle: The Gate-House]")
Situated on a narrow creek running up from Milford Haven—quite a separate one from that on which Carew lies, but only two and a half miles from that great castle, is a smaller stronghold, very typical of the solid style of building by which the minor lords of “Little England beyond Wales” maintained their hold on the land. This is Upton, the patrimonry [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Harlech Castle: the Main-Gate House]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/216-HarlechCastle-TheMainGateHouse-137x200.jpg "[picture: Harlech Castle: the Main-Gate House]")
![[picture: Penrice Castle: The Gate-House.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/186-Penrice-Castle-q75-300x200.jpg "[picture: Penrice Castle: The Gate-House.]")
Penrice Castle: The Gate-House.
“This is the largest, but not [according to Sir Charles Oman] the most interesting, of the three castles of Gower. For though its enciente, round keep and gate-house are standing, it as as mere masses of rubble, all the ashlar and carved stonework having been most carefully peeled off the rough cores within. It stands about a mile and a half from the sea, on a plateau at the head of a deep coombe, which runs down through woods to Oxwych Bay. Its back is toward a cliff or very steep descent [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Abergavenny Castle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/168-Abergavenny-castle-294x200.jpg "[picture: Abergavenny Castle]")
There has been a castle at Abergavenny since around 1087, but today’s ruins were built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Today there is a gate with barbican and a couple of towers. There are [...]Castles of Wales web site. Abergavenny is also called, in Welsh, Y Fenni. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/160-Raglan-Castle-Tower-of-Gwent-140x200.jpg "[picture: Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales]")
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