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St Catherines Castle
Architecture; Castles
A small artillery fort built by Henry VIII to defend Fowey harbour. It has two storeys with gun ports at ground level. Below the 16th century fort is a two gun battery built in ...
St Mawes Castle
Architecture; Castles
St Mawes Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1540-45 as one of a pair of artillery forts to protect this strategic area from the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. ...
Middleham Castle
Architecture; Castles
The earthworks from an 11th century motte-and-bailey castle can be seen on the high ground to the southwest of the present castle. This early castle was abandoned in the 12th ...
Morton Castle
Architecture; Castles
Morton Castle, stands in a very scenic location on a promontory above Morton Loch. The castle is a hall-house, with some additions, that dates back to the late 14th century. There ...
Newark Castle
Architecture; Castles
Viewed from the west bank of the River Trent Newark Castle looks very impressive, but if you cross the river and enter the park that surrounds the castle you discover that the ...
Norham Castle
Architecture; Castles
Norham Castle was founded by Bishop Ranulph Flambard of Durham as the administrative centre for his most northern territory. Built in 1121 at a strategic crossing point on the ...
Nunney Castle
Architecture; Castles
Nunney Castle is a small, French style castle surrounded by a deep moat, built for Sir John Delamare in 1373. A veteran of the Hundred Years War, Sir John would later become ...
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