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The Tower of London. A castle is a type of fortified structure, developed in Europe during the Middle Ages.The first castles appeared in France in the 10th century, [3] and in England during the 11th century.
Below are lists of castles in Europe, organized by country: Sovereign states. Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom Tavastia Castle, Hämeenlinna, ...
Bovey Castle, formerly the Manor House Hotel, is a large early 20th-century mansion on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, near Moretonhampstead, Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building [ 1 ] and is now a hotel with 59 individually designed bedrooms in the hotel and 22 three-storey country lodges nearby.
Appleby Castle is in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland overlooking the River Eden (grid reference). It consists of a 12th-century castle keep which is known as Caesar's Tower, and a mansion house. These, together with their associated buildings, are set in a courtyard surrounded by curtain walls. [ 1 ]
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. . Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories in England and the ...
Herstmonceux Castle and estate were put up for sale by their private owners and were sold in 1946 to the Admiralty, which then operated the Royal Observatory on behalf of the British government. The relocation of the observatory took place over a decade, and was complete by 1957. A number of new buildings were erected in the castle grounds.
Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed [1] castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.The castle has 10 notable gardens covering some 15 acres (6.1 ha) within a 1,200-acre (490 ha) estate nestled within the Cotswold hills.
Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England.It was the seat of the Grey and Bennet (later Earls of Tankerville) families from the 15th century until the 1980s, when it became the home of Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet, who is married to a member of the original Grey family.