Castles & forts (17 pages found in this category)


Arnside Tower

Late-medieval peel tower in Cumbria, England, now ruinous.

Beeston Castle

Former royal castle built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, (1170–1232), on his return from the Fifth Crusade.

Castle Hill

Castle Hill is a scheduled ancient monument overlooking Huddersfield in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.

Cluny Castle

Originally built in about 1604 as a Z-plan castle, replacing either a house or small peel tower. Sited in the parish of Cluny, it is south of Monymusk and north of Sauchen in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland.

Crathes Castle

Classic Scottish tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in the 16th century.

Dunham Castle

Early medieval moated motte and bailey castle just to the northwest of present-day Dunham Massey Hall in Greater Manchester, England.

Ellon Castle and gardens

Historic ruined castle remains, formerly Fortalice of Ardgith, focal point within a formal walled garden in Ellon

Inchdrewer Castle

16th-century tower house in the parish of Banff, Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland.

Mellor hill fort

Prehistoric site dating from the British Iron Age, situated on a hill in the village of Mellor, Greater Manchester, on the western edge of the Peak District.

Peel Tower

Defensive tower built on both sides of the border between England and Scotland from the mid-14th century until about 1600.