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views of The Rock of Cashel, Co.Tipperary, Ireland. An ecclesiastical fortress. |
The lonely ruin
of Pennard Castle,Gower Peninsula looks out over Oxwich Bay |
The massive
gatehouse of Kidwelly Castle clearly shows many of the features of a classic heavily
fortified castle entrance. |
One of Kidwelly
Castle's towers. Kidwelly is in South Wales, not far form
Carmarthen). Round towers replaced square ones because they were more resistant to
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A
fine view of Peel Castle on the Isle of Man |
Lindisfarne
Abbey, Northumberland. (I know it's not a castle - but it's part of the castle complex) |
Alnwick Castle,
Northumberland. Notice the stone figures atop the battlements. |
Bamburgh Castle
seen from a distance. |
A different view
of Bamburgh Castle. |
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A
distant view of Lindisfarne Castle. Whilst the castle is difficult to see you can clearly
see the vantage point that it has on top of its rocky hill (which is the remains of a long
extinct volcano) |
Warkworth Castle
sitting proudly on its motte. |
Mont St Michel in
Brittany is actually a citadel rather than a castle. It is built on a tidal island
of the coast of Normandy. |
This fairytale castle
is in Segovia in Spain. Does it look familiar? Of course - it's the
one that was the model for the Disneyland castle. |
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