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The castle stands on Piel Island, and guarded the passage to the deep-water harbour.

This group of buildings next to the church was built in the 16th century on the site of a medieval castle. Traces of the motte and the moat are still visible in the garden.

In the background on the right is the wooded mound of the castle.

The handsome buildings of Belfast in Castle Place. The Belfast trams are again in evidence: the gauge was 4 ft 8 in, rather than the Irish standard of 5 ft 3 in.

This bridge over the River Usk is situated near the site of the old castle.

A fabulous collection of more than a hundred gold, silver and electrum torcs, dating from the Iron Age, was found here: they are now in Norwich Castle Museum.

The Castle is situated in a strong defensive position, bordered on three sides by the tidal reaches of the Haven, and its landward side protected by a ditch.

is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around the castle

The rustic walkway pre- sented visitors with ample opportunities to sit and admire the view, and its width is a reminder, if one was needed, of the thickness of the castle's walls.

This castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

Oh, how we love to make sand castles just so that our children can knock then down or jump on them. Here we have only two more to go! The cannon would not have been much use in 1940.

entrances: the East Gate, which still stands between High Street and Fore Street; the West Gate, which stood in the Narrows; the South Gate, behind the square on South Street; and the North Gate, in Castle

Littlehampton was a thriving port during the Middle Ages, when stone from Normandy was landed here in order to construct many of the county's churches and castles.

In 1313 Robert invaded Man, besieging and almost destroying Castle Rushen in the process.

Here we can see the ruins of the late 13th-century rectangular castle; it occupies the site of a previous fortification, which is thought to have been destroyed during Lord Rhys's campaign.

It is the most complete such skeleton in the world, and is on display at Norwich Castle Museum.

Oh, how we love to make sand castles just so that our children can knock then down or jump on them. Here we have only two more to go! The cannon would not have been much use in 1940.

To make way for the new castle the old burgh, which was little more than a village, was demolished and a new one built.

Four thousand years ago, Iron Age folk lived in and around the hillforts of Maiden Castle, Poundbury and the other fortifications of this part of Dorset.

The 'Elettra', Marconi's yellow-funnelled steam yacht, is moored in front of Brownsea Castle.

here above the rooftops), or through the Watergate, College Green is a delightful quadrangle of mostly 17th- and 18th-century houses, forming part of King's School and occupying the site of Worcester Castle

The castle grounds were laid out as public gardens in 1870, and the ladies on the benches may well be nannies, enjoying the sunshine with their young charges.

Panoramic views of the city can be seen from the top of this tower, which was built in the 12th century to replace a previous wooden castle.

This view of the towers is taken from inside the ruins.The castle stands on high ground with excellent views over the widening river.