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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland

Bamburgh Castle is situated on a rock outcrop in the sand dunes

 

Bamburgh Castle is situated on a rock outcrop in the sand dunes

 

Bamburgh Castle is situated on a rock outcrop in the sand dunes

 

Bamburgh Castle from the beach

 

Bamburgh Castle from the beach

 

Bamburgh Castle from the beach

 

Bamburgh Castle from the beach

 

Bamburgh Castle from the beach

 

Bamburgh Castle barbican

 

Bamburgh Castle barbican

 

Bamburgh Castle is situated on a rock outcrop in the sand dunes

 

Clifford's Tower, York

East side of keep

 

South-East side of keep showing mound

 

West side of keep

 

West side of keep

 

Information

 

Information

 

Helmsley Castle

Introduction

 

Proximity of castle to town

 

Artist's impression

 

13th Century keep

 

13th Century keep

 

Keep (left) and range, renovated in Tudor times (right)

 

Keep (left) and range (right)

 

Keep (left) and range (right)

 

Keep (left) and range (right)

 

Keep (left) and range (right)

 

Foreshortened view from walled garden

 

Keep

 

Interior of keep

 

Interior of keep

 

Interior of keep

 

Keep and earthen defences

 

Keep and earthen defences

 

Keep and earthen defences

 

Moats around the castle

 

Keep and earthen defences

 

Keep and earthen defences

 

Keep and earthen defences

 

Keep

 

Keep

 

Keep and earthen defences

 

Knaresborough Castle

Keep

 

Keep

 

Door arch

 

Door arch

 

Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland

Lindisfarne Castle is situated on a rock outcrop on Holy Island

 

Lindisfarne Castle through a window of the abbey on Holy Island

 

Lindisfarne Castle through a window of the abbey on Holy Island

 

Lindisfarne Castle is situated on a rock outcrop on Holy Island

 

Lindisfarne Castle looking north,across the sea from Bamburgh

 

Peveril Castle, Castleton, Derbyshire

The keep, high on a hill above Castleton

 

The keep, high on a hill above Castleton

 

Looking from the castle walls down into Cavedale

 

The keep, high on a hill above Castleton

 

View of Castleton from the outer walls

 

The walls are very thick

 

View of Castleton from the outer walls

 

The garderobe

 

Facing stones on the keep

 

Cavedale forms a natural defence

 

Roofline inside the keep

 

Widows facing north in the keep

 

View of Castleton from the outer walls

 

Spiral staircase in the keep

 

The keep had several floors

 

Roofline inside the keep

 

The keep interior, explanation

 

Scarborough Castle

Scarborough castle from harbour

 

Scarborough castle keep

 

Entrance bridge over defensive gully

 

Entrance bridge detail

 

South bay through defensive slit in the outer wall

 

Tower of London

Tower of London

 

Tower of London, old wall

 

The Tower from across the Thames

 

The Tower from across the Thames

 

The Tower from across the Thames

 

Traitor's Gate

 

Tower Bridge from the Tower

 

Re-created interior in the medieval Palace

 

Re-created interior in the medieval Palace

 

The Jewel House

 

The Jewel House

 

The White Tower

 

The White Tower

 

The White Tower

 

Gun and cast iron carriage

 

Torturer's tool, the Scavenger's Daughter

 

The block and axe

 

St John's Chapel

 

A model of the Tower of London as it was c1547

 

King Henry VIII's armour

 

King Henry VIII's armour

 

Part of henry VIII's navy

 

Triple barrel gun

 

Sir Walter Raleigh's room in the Bloody Tower

 

Sir Walter Raleigh's room in the Bloody Tower

 

Sir Walter Raleigh's room in the Bloody Tower

 

The Queen's house and other buildings around Tower Green

 

The Queen's house and other buildings around Tower Green

 

Yeoman Warder

 

Yeoman Warder

 

Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

The Gatehouse

 

The keep and surrounding walls

 

Slit windows in the Gatehouse

 

The Keep from the Inner Bailey

 

The Lion Tower

 

Outer walls

 

Outer walls

 

Looking east to the river Coquet

 

The Lion Tower from the Keep

 

The Lion Tower

 

The entrance to the Keep

 

The entrance to the Keep

 

The castle on top of the Mott

 

Percy family crest on the Lion Tower

 

The castle dominates the town

 

General

View from a window

 

Spiral staircase

 

Spiral staircase

 

Looking out on a courtyard

 

Spiral staircase

 

Steps into a room