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2. Château de Caen - Wikipedia

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   The castle was constructed on a hillock and is now in the middle of the city. With an area of 5.5 hectares, it is one of the largest castles in Western Europe. It remained an essential feature of Norman strategy and policy. Exchequer, inside the castle of Caen. Today, the castle serves as a museum that houses

3. List of castles in Scotland - Wikipedia

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   Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire. This is a list of castles in Scotland.A castle is a type of fortified structure built primarily during the Middle Ages.Scholars debate the scope of the word "castle", but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble.

4. List of castles in Ireland - Wikipedia

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   Almost two hundred years later in 1837, Duke George Montagu built the current castle to serve as the residence of the Montagu family in Ireland. In the 1950s, the castle and estate were sold by Alexander Montagu to a business man from Tandragee by the name of Mr. Hutchison, and so the castle came to house the Tayto potato crisp factory and the ...

5. Castles in Scotland - Wikipedia

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   Caerlaverock Castle, a moated triangular castle, first built in the thirteenth century. Castles are buildings that combine fortifications and residence, and many were built within the borders of modern Scotland. They arrived in Scotland with the introduction of feudalism in the twelfth century.

6. Norman architecture - Wikipedia

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   The years between 1177 and 1310 saw the construction of some of the greatest of the Norman castles in Ireland. The Normans settled mostly in an area in the east of Ireland, later known as the Pale, and among other buildings they constructed were Swords Castle in Fingal (North County Dublin), Dublin Castle and Carrickfergus Castle in County ...

7. Clan Henderson - Wikipedia

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   Fordell Castle which is about one mile north of Inverkeithing in Fife was held by the Hendersons for over 300 years. [2] It is not known when the original castle structure was constructed, but the main entrance tower is believed to date from the 1400s. James Henderson, 3rd of Fordell, started to extend the castle in 1566. [16]