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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: Goodrich Castle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/149-Goodrich-castle-corner-tower-145x200.jpg "[picture: Goodrich Castle]")
![[picture: Plan of Kenilworth Castle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/072-Plan-of-Kenilworth-Castle-q67-145x200.jpg "[picture: Plan of Kenilworth Castle]")
![[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: Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/160-Raglan-Castle-Tower-of-Gwent-140x200.jpg "[picture: Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales]")
![[picture: Harlech Castle: Ground plan]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/218-GroundPlanofHarlechCastle-292x200.jpg "[picture: Harlech Castle: Ground plan]")
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