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Category Archives: Castles & forts

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Ellon Castle and gardens

Oct 10, 2020Georgie DarcyAberdeenshire, Castles & forts, Mansions, stately homes & manor housesBetter than Wikipedia

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

Roundwood

Jul 23, 2020Daisy GraceCastles & forts, Cornwall, Shipping & boats

Roundwood is a wooded peninsula on the River Fal in Cornwall, where there is evidence of occupation and settlement since at least the Iron Age.

Crathes Castle

Jan 10, 2020Eric CorbettAberdeenshire, Castles & forts, Hauntings

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

Mellor hill fort

Dec 7, 2019Eric CorbettCastles & forts

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.

Scottish tower house

Nov 26, 2019Eric CorbettCastles & fortsNot on Wikipedia

Characteristic style of Scottish castle building in the form of a tall tower, surrounded by one or more wings in L or Z-shaped floor plans in its later development.

Castle Hill

Aug 24, 2019Daisy GraceCastles & forts, Yorkshire

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

Sandal Castle

Jun 12, 2019Daisy GraceCastles & forts, Yorkshire

Ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. One of two castles built overlooking the River Calder, it was built by the Warrennes, the Earls of Surrey who were Lords of the Manor of Wakefield.

Ullerwood Castle

Jun 10, 2019Eric CorbettCastles & forts

Early medieval fortification, possibly a shell keep, in Ringway, Greater Manchester, England.

Dunham Castle

Jun 7, 2019Eric CorbettCastles & forts

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

Beeston Castle

Feb 9, 2019Eric CorbettCastles & forts, Cheshire, Treasure

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

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