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1095x1291, 170x200, 616x726, 821x968 | A Siege of the Fifteenth CenturyCastles (1926) From a manuscript belonging to EdwardIV., now in Sir John Soan’s Museum. The [castle] walls, having ben breached by the artillery, are being stormed through the breaches; the stormers are covered by t [...] Keywords: castles, colour, people, weapons, soldiers, towers Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-13 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1039x1435, 145x200, 584x807, 779x1076 | Donnington CastleCastles (1926) The Gate HouseThe gatehouse dates from 1386, when King Richard II granted Richard Abberbury the Elder the right to fortify ("crenellate") his manor. There is also a plan of Donnington; use the Locatio [...] Keywords: towers, castles, ruins, trees, greyscale Places shown: Donnington; Berkshire; England Added: 2004-06-30 + S K L R N |
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1248x1428, 175x200, 702x803, 936x1071 | Broughton CastleCastles (1926) The Barbican or Outer GateStarted 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, B [...] Keywords: water, towers, bridges, entrances, castles, manors, colour Places shown: Broughton; Banbury; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2004-06-16 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1066x1467, 145x200, 600x825, 800x1100 | Plan of Kenilworth CastleCastles (1926) 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. The pl [...] Keywords: castles, plans, greyscale Places shown: Kenilworth; Warwickshire; England Added: 2005-04-27 + S K L R N |
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| 1168x1708, 137x200, 657x961, 876x1281 | Trematon CastleCastles (1926) The gate-houseThis is owned by the Prince of Wales, since he is Duke of Cornwall. The Norman castle was built before 1337, and is now a ruin.Zetab took a picture of this castle and put it in her Devia [...] Keywords: castles, entrances, ruins, towers, arches, trees, roads, colour Places shown: Saltash; Cornwall; England Added: 2003-08-02 + S K L R N |
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144x200, 1617x2304, 438x608, 607x864, 809x1152 | St Mawes CastleCastles (1926) The GatewaySt Mawes is opposite Falmouth on the estuary of the River Fal. It, along with its sister, Pendennis, on the other side of the river, were built between 1539 and 1545 by Henry VIII, and is a [...] Keywords: castles, towers, bridges, arches, entrances, colour Places shown: St Mawes; Cornwall; England Added: 2003-07-03 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | St. Michael’s Mount;Castles (1926) 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 differ [...] Keywords: castles, aerial photography, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: St Michael’s Mount; Cornwall; England Added: 2008-03-05 + S K L R N |
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187x200, 731x782, 974x1043 | Plan of Ludlow CastleCastles (1926) “This is by far the most important castle of the whole Welsh border, surpassing Chepstow in size and Raglan in historic interest.” (p. 135) The site is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and thus predate [...] Keywords: plans, castles, greyscale Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England Added: 2005-04-30 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1103x1554, 142x200, 551x777 | Ludlow Castle: Gate-way of ChapelCastles (1926) Late Norman also is the very curious round chapel of St. Mary Magdalen, which stands in the middle of the ward, and displays a particularly fine entrance door with zig-zag moulding, and another arch o [...] Keywords: castles, entrances, doors, arches, colour Places shown: Ludlow; Shropshire; England Added: 2004-03-04 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1047x1445, 145x200, 589x813, 785x1084 | Goodrich CastleCastles (1926) 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 [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, creeper, towers, greyscale Places shown: Goodrich; Herefordshire; England Added: 2004-05-08 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | Skenfrith CastleCastles (1926) 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 la [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, overgrown, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Skenfrith; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2007-12-09 + S K L R N |
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1104x1582, 140x200, 621x890, 828x1187 | Raglan CastleCastles (1926) The Tower of Gwent, Water-Gate The castle was started around 1435, by Sir William ap Thomas; it was slighted at the end of the Civil War. There is an older picture of Ragland Castle in the History of [...] Keywords: castles, entrances, towers, water, colour Places shown: Raglan; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2004-05-15 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1292x878, 1722x1171, 2296x1561, 294x200, 969x659 | Abergavenny CastleCastles (1926) 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 some mode [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, trees, people, colour Places shown: Abergavenny; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2003-09-15 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x640, 1152x720, 1280x800, 1344x840, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 319x200, 750x469, 960x600 | Caerphilly Castle from the South.Castles (1926) Caerphilly> This is one of the largest, the most imposinng, and the most scientifically constructed castle in all Wales. It must also have been one of the most striking in situation, so long as its g [...] Keywords: castles, towers, ruins, trees, water, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales Added: 2010-08-13 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1279x1565, 164x200, 719x880, 959x1174 | Plan of Caerphilly CastleCastles (1926) The key reads as follows: A. Gateway to Inner Ward. B. Gateway to Outer Ward. C. Gateway to Grand Front. D. S. Postern to Grand Front. E. Great Hall. F. Kitchen. “This is one of the largest, the most [...] Keywords: castles, maps, plans, greyscale Places shown: Caerphilly; Glamorgan; Wales Added: 2005-06-02 + S K L R N |
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![[p.137] Stokesay Castle—The Courtyard.](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/pages/StokesayCastle-Courtyard/StokesayCastle-Courtyard-305x200.jpg "[p.137] Stokesay Castle—The Courtyard. 1926")
