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Plan of Kenilworth Castle

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. [more...] [$]

St. Donat’s Castle

Stradling Arms in Inner Court [$]

St. Michael’s Mount;

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 [...] [more...] [$]

Stokesay Castle—Exterior of the Northern Tower

Exterior of the Northern Tower. [$]

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...] [$]