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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: Stokesay Castle: Exterior of the Northern Tower.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/StokesayCastle-ExteriorOfNorthernTower-143x200.jpg "[picture: Stokesay Castle: Exterior of the Northern Tower.]")
Stokesay Castle—Exterior of the Northern Tower
Exterior of the Northern Tower. [$]
![[picture: Stokesay Castle: The Courtyard]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/StokesayCastle-Courtyard-305x200.jpg "[picture: Stokesay Castle: The Courtyard]")
[p.137] Stokesay Castle—The Courtyard.
The Courtyard.
See also Gotch, Growth of the English House. [$]
![[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: Tretower Castle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/169-Tretower-castle-the-round-tower-285x200.jpg "[picture: Tretower Castle]")
The Round Tower. [$]
![[picture: Abergavenny Castle]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/OmanCastles/wm/big/168-Abergavenny-castle-294x200.jpg "[picture: Abergavenny Castle]")
There has been a castle at Abergavenny since around 1087, but today’s ruins were built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Today there is a gate with barbican and a couple of towers. There are [...]Castles of Wales web site. Abergavenny is also called, in Welsh, Y Fenni. [more...] [$]
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