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Suomeksi Risto's British site British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses The map with links and the alphabetical list of those of the British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses that I have visited since 1967. All the photos attached are self-taken while visiting the places. You will see the photos by clicking after each name. The latest photos taken in June 2005 are marked . The latest additions are: Burton Agnes Hall, Pickering Castle, Scarborough Castle and Sledmere House M ...

Cardiff Castle In the city center, Cardiff, south Wales Above: Cardiff's great keep rests majestically on its medieval motte. Text copyright © 1996 by Lise Hull Photographs copyright © 1998 by Alison D. Martin Right: an interior view of Cardiff's great keep from above. t first glance, Cardiff's city center seems an unlikely place to find a castle. The capitol of Wales is a typical city, busy, laden with traffic, shoppers searching for a good buy. Government buildings glisten ...

Scottish Castles Click on each of these thumbnails to see the larger version Dunvegan Castle Corgarff Castle Kilchurn Castle Eilean Donan Castle Castle Stalker Edinburgh Castle More information and pictures of Scotland

Due to popular demand - and because we always like to bring you the pages YOU want to see - Here is the "Castles of Scotland" section. Over the next few weeks and issues, we will add a castle to this section. Don't worry! it's not the boring old 'here's a castle, and here's where and when it was built' kind of thing, oh no! We are determind to bring you not that, but some historic facts and features surounding each castle that we feature. The grandeur of solitude that surrounds ancient ...

Castles of Scotland Scotland has many wonderful old castles and I wish that I could visit each and every one of them. But, since I cannot,then perhaps this is one way to go about at least having a "virtual" visit. Hope you enjoy! Buchanan Castle The Buchanan castle was built by the 4th duke of Montrose after the Buchanan House was destroyed by fire in 1852. The duke comissioned William Burn to design a new home on higher ground. The castle was completed in 1855. After the death of th ...

skip to: page content | links on this page | site navigation | footer (site information) Official Website of the Clan Hay Home Prologue Bulletin Board History & Legends Clan Symbols Septs & Families Hay Territory Shields Castles Clan Hay Society Australia Canada England New Zealand Scotland United States Sponsor ClanHay.net Castles and Family Houses Delgatie Castle The Clan Centre About Delgatie Duppl ...

Castles Of Scotland NOTE: This page is only intended to give a little of the story of each castle. BalmoralBlairBraemarBrodickCaerlaverock Castle FraserCawdorCraigievarCrathesCulzean DirletonDouneDrumDrumlanrigDuart DumbartonDunrobinDunveganEdinburghEilean Donan FloorsGlamisHermitageHuntlyInveraray Saint AndrewsStirlingTantallonThreaveUrquhart

Catriona Fraser The Castles of Scotland Dunnottar Ecclescreig Glamis Kinnaird Fraser Balmoral Edzell Eilean Donan Brodie Stirling Kilchurn Craigievar Click on the small images for a full image and history Dunnottar Castle Ecclescreig Castle Glamis Castle Kinnaird Castle Castle Fraser Balmoral Castle Edzell Castle Eilean Donan Castle Brodie Castle Stirling Castle Craigievar Castle Kilchurn Castle All images are Copyright 1992-2002 Catriona Fraser. All rights reserved This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page

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Restormel Castle Visit www.heritage-trail.com for more information on; Gardens, Historic Sites, Houses and Castles Lostwithiel, Cornwall Tel 01208 872687 Facilities. Picnics welcome.Toilets. Parking. How to get there: Road: 1½ m N of Lostwithiel off A390. Map Reference SX 104614 The castle, originally built by the Normans on a spur, overlooking the river valley, stands proudly one mile upriver from Lostwithiel. You can still make out the ruins of Restormel's keep, gate and Great Ha ...

Culzean Castle - information put together as part of my first web page during study for PGdip in IT with the University of Paisley, 1998. My thanks to the National Trust for Scotland for allowing me to use information and photographs from the Guide Book. The narrative in these pages is my own interpretation of the information I have personally gathered from a wide range of sources during my time working at Culzean, and is offered purely as such. It should not therefore be considered as the ...

Devizes Castle Home Page Welcome to the Devizes Castle Web Site Devizes Castle in Wiltshire, England stands on the site of a mediaeval 11th century wooden castle. After the destruction of the wooden castle in 1113, it was rapidly rebuilt in stone by the Viceroy Bishop Roger who spent "great and incalculable sums on it". This stone castle was destroyed in 1645 when Oliver Cromwell's army bombarded the castle using a battery of guns in the nearby Market Square. At the start of ...

Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Castle is visited annually by approximately one million people - if we except the Tower of London that is more people than visit any other ancient monument in the United Kingdom. Every visitor - particularly those on a restricted itinerary - should visit the Castle, not only because of the historical interest of this remarkable fortress and former royal residence, but because it offers such splendid panoramic views of the city. It is from these battlements, ...

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Search:The WebTripod Gear Factor Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site Browse Sites « Previous | Top 100 | Next » FERNIEHIRST CASTLE Located about 1.5 miles south of Jedburgh, on a minor road east of the A68, east of the Jed Water Ferniehirst Castle consists of an extended and altered towerhouse, which incorporates the cellars from the 16th century castle, with larger wings and extentions. A large conical-roofed stairturret is corbelled out above the first floor ...

>>: Home: Accommodation: Visit: Explore & More: Events: FAQs: Contacts: Welcome to Hemyock Castle Long an important historic centre, today Hemyock Castle offers a warm welcome for Visitors, Schools, and Groups; and comfortable Self Catering Holiday Accommodation. Each carefully modernized holiday cottage retains its original charm. Good road links make this an excellent touring centre for Devon, Exmoor and Dartmoor. There is a wide variety of facilities and attractions, locally and withi ...

The History and Restoration of a Scottish Castle near Edinburgh Ballencrieff in 1996 Seven centuries in the making... King Robert the Bruce in 1307 confiscated the lands of Ballencrieff from Henry de Pinkney, Lord of Ballencrieff and Keeper of Berwick Castle, and gifted them to his Esquire, Maurice Murray. For the next 600 years the Murrays, a famous border family, continuously held the property. In 1507, James IV commanded James Murray (his private secretary) to build himself a ...

Home Feeringbury Manor, EssexMaking the most of Britain... Only the most beautiful places to stay around the UK have been chosen to be featured entries on this site although we carry over 11,000 places to stay - all to a certain standard and all either bookable online or bookable direct. In cyberspace since late 1997 this is one of the longest established Travel sites in Britain. We have personally selected the highest quality Hotels, B&B's, Inns, Country Houses and Self catering to ensur ...

Kinlochaline Castle "The Butter Castle or Caistel an Ime" Flag for Kinlochaline The Ardtornish description Awakening by William McGinnis The refurbished outside The old look Refurbished - 2000 Original - circa 1998 This castle is on Morvern, on the west edge of Scotland, just across from the Isle of Mull. The castle occupies a commanding position atop a rocky summit at the head of Loch Aline, overlooking a small peaty stream called Gear Abhain, or short river. The stream runs ...

It's no longer WWW.MONIKIESCOTLAND.FREESERVE.CO.UK - From 2001 it's changed to WWW.MONIKIE.ORG.UK The Monikie, Scotland Website was moved in 2001 to another server. There you will now find over 200 pages of improved information, lists and photographs of interest to visitors, far more than would ever have been possible on the old website. Search Engines may have have brought you here - sorry for any inconvenience - that situation should improve in time. If you were directed here from an ...

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(This page would look better in a newer browser with better support for style sheets, however it should still be legible...) Welcome to Stirling Castle, Scotland, the Home of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.THE ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS (PRINCESS LOUISE'S) Further pages: The 91st: 1794 - 1881 1794 Names List South Africa Peninsular War The 93rd: 1799 - 1881 New Orleans Balaklava India 1857-1880 91st and 93rd: 1881 1881 - 1918 1918 - 1939 1939 ...

CASTLES ENQUIRY POINT There are over 1200 castles, towers and fortified houses in Scotland. Some are mere ruins, but many are still used as dwellings. Below is a list of links that will take you to details of some of these castles. You can buy a map of Scottish Castles, from here. Aberdour Castle Ballindalloch Castle Balvenie Castle Blackness Castle Bothwell Castle Caerlaverock Castle Cardoness Castle Castle Campbell Comlongon Castle Corgaff Castle Craigmillar Cast ...

Ackergill Tower - a magnificent 15C Scottish castle with accommodation situated on the very edge of the sea. Yours exclusively, one of the world's most exclusive retreats in one the UK’s most unspoilt locations. A Scottish castle with accommodation offering unrivalled peace and seclusion, a home beyond 5 stars to spend time with the people that matter to you. On business a rare place to think great thoughts, introduce new ideas, cement key business relation ...

Main >> Food, Travel & The Arts >> Europe Scottish Castle Summaries Hermitage Castle [This is an extension of the Grobius Shortling Web Page "Castles, Stone Circles, and Ancient Monuments." All the castles listed here have been personally visited, and any factual errors or wrong-headed opinions are my own fault. --Grobius Shortling, Feb 1997] [Many of the images have been reduced to thumbnails to reduce load time, or else they are referred to with a tag; click them to ...

Scottish Castles The early years of Scotland's often troublesome history are partly concealed in the mists of time, and historians are unsure about some of the events which took place. From the beginning of time man's inability to live in peaceful co-existence with his neighbours has led to the need for him to build defences to protect himself and those in his care against a sometimes hostile world. The Scottish countryside is as rich as anywhere in Europe with mighty fortresses and fortified ...

Leave a message on our message board: Message Board The History of Skipton Castle Where is Skipton Castle ? The Clifford family Have a look at each room Wander round Skipton Castle (you might get lost!) Real Audio is needed to hear all the information and stories about Skipton Castle. Click to download. Castle words Source Material The defence of the castle What do you think of our Skipton Castle web site? Look at some of the e-mails that we have received Credits Click on this icon to get back to this menu page back to Burley Middle School's website since January 1998

At the top of Skipton's main street stand the massive twin towers of Skipton Castle... Over 900 years old, Skipton Castle is one of the most complete and best preserved medieval castles in England and is well worth a visit at any season of the year. Visitors can explore every corner of this impressive history-rich castle, which withstood a three-year siege during the Civil War. View the Banqueting Hall, the Kitchen, the Bedchamber and Privy. Climb from the dep ...

Strathclyde Region [Still In Preparation] xx Craignethan Castle (Ordnance Survey Map grid reference: 71 NS 815 463) Situated about 4.5 miles (7 km) WNW of Lanark and 8 miles (13 km) SE of Hamilton. It is about 2 miles (3.5 km) NE of junctions 9 and 10 at Kirkmuirhill on the M74 motorway. The castle was built on a ridge above the river Nethan. As with many Scottish castles the oldest part is a tower house. In this case it dates from about 1530 and was built by Sir James Ha ...

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Home LinksContact UsNewsHome Syndicate Main Menu Home News Blog Links Search News Feeds Contact Us New Zealand Cruise Jan '06 Sunday, 02 April 2006 Trip report of our 12 night cruise from Sydney to Auckland. Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 April 2006 ) Read more... Castles of Scotland Saturday, 01 April 2006 Castles of Scotland This page is a showcase for the all castles that I have had the privelege to visit in person. If you have any questions, or wou ...

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Print This Page 11th June 2006 Daily - 10.00AM to 6.00PM 5th April to 29th October 2006 [ more details ] Click on the titles of these events to find out more... Theatre in the Grounds - A Midsummer Night's Dream Characters from Harry Potter Sword Demonstrations Theatre in the Grounds - The Winter's Tale Archery [ see all events ] To many people, their first sight of this glorious medieval castle can seem foreboding, ...

Welsh Castle Tours The castle pictures in this site are medium, not high resolution images. The images are taken from frozen frames of a videotape from a Canon A-1 video camera with S-Video output. Higher resolution pictures produce more dramatic pictures, as can be found in "Other castle sites" below. This project, however, is an experiment in low cost, "acceptable-resolution" images. Caerphilly Castle Pembroke Castle Kidwelly Castle Manourbier Castle Chepstow Castle Tintern ...