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The castle stands on a narrow ridge high above the River Wye.

Various members of the de Camville family altered and enlarged the castle, and at one point it was owned by Jasper Tudor, nephew of Henry VII.

The part of the castle buildings on the left is the palace (reconstructed 1617); then comes the Half-Moon Battery and Forewall Battery.

Begun by William, Lord Hastings in 1489, and never finished, Kirby Muxloe is an early example of the use of brick in castle building.

Though it looks Norman, it is 13th-century; given the then layout of the castle, it was almost certainly used as a guardroom.

Perched at the cliff top, the castle-like structure belongs to the East Cliff Railway.

It was rebuilt by the Normans, who also built the castle. The town retains its ancient High Street, with many fine buildings including College Gate. Charles Dickens knew the city well.

The loch and an area of marshland formed a part of the castle's defences, but they also inhibited Edinburgh's expansion.

The Town Hall, built in 1872, is on the right, with an advertising placard promoting an Agricultural Show at Berkeley Castle attached to its frontage.

In this picture the late 19th-century skyline of Newcastle is dominated by the 15th-century tower and spire of St Nicholas' Cathedral and the imposing bulk of the castle keep.

The raised bank followed the Taw from Castle Quay and turned right to follow the Yeo to Braunton Bridge. This area was another example of the work of R D Gould, the borough surveyor.

tidal surge of 1910 which so severely damaged the seafront at Ilfracombe is recorded to have thrown ships like these hundreds of yards inland and left them high and dry not far from the castle

The Somerset chapel on the left is the last resting place of several of the Earls of Worcester, masters of Raglan Castle.

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.The original castle, built by Henry VIII in 1542 as part of his many coastal defences, has all but disappeared, and

From the late 19th century the agricultural estates of Castle Bromwich were sold off for house building to accommodate overspill.

Uncle Charles was determined to underline the family's lineage and added the name 'D'Eyncourt' to Tennyson and built himself a medieval castle in the 1830s, vulgarly bedecked with coats of arms and heraldic

During the 17th and 18th centuries the castle was extended, and in 1839 Anthony Salvin designed and supervised the erection of a mock-Elizabethan front.

It served riverside traffic - initially boatmen, and later excursionists from Arundel to Littlehampton; they came in large numbers to view Arundel Castle and to enjoy dancing, bowls, croquet and the tea

With the Castle and the Saxon church of St.

Aberdour in the Kingdom of Fife, lying between Burntisland and Dalgety Bay, is described in the 1906 Baedeker as 'a favourite little sea-bathing place, with an old castle and the ruins of a Norman church

There are various family portraits inside the castle, some of them dating back to the Wars of the Roses.

The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower.The site of the old gate is now a car park.

Castle Priory, which was built for Judge William Blackstone, Recorder of Wallingford, in the mid 18th century, has again reverted to being a private house.

Castle Street is named for a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork on the wooded hill above the village. The Fleur-de-Lis hotel stands to the right.