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Among the town's more famous shops was Biggs, a high-class jeweller, where Queen Mary frequently purchased gifts when staying at nearby Windsor Castle.

The Castle can be seen in the centre.

The castle, situated about one and a half miles south of Killarney, is close to the shore of Lough Leane.

Not so much a castle as a huge castellated mansion, Cyfarthfa stands near Merthyr Tydfil and was built in 1825 for Robert Thomas Crawshay, a wealthy iron-master.

Following the castle's capture in the Civil War, the original stone gatehouse was destroyed. This timber gatehouse therefore dates from the late 1600s.

The Anglo-Saxons almost certainly fortified Wallingford, and there was once an important castle here, though little of it survives today.

At this time, the castle was still in private hands. Today, the scene is altogether cleaner and tidier, but perhaps lacks the charm shown in this photograph.

The place also had a Norman earthwork castle, a motte and bailey type; in later years it was a boot and shoe making town, one of several that thrived around Northampton.

Its castle, one of four blockhouses built by Henry VIII, was garrisoned until Victorian times, such was the prolonged fear of invasion from across the channel.

The castle and church have long been popular with tourists, many of whom stay to sample the delights of the Old Rosslyn Inn.

The abbey was founded in 1155 by the Constable of Richmond Castle; the members of the Order were known as the White Canons after the colour of their habits.

From the height of Castle Hill, close to the old railway line on the east side of the valley, Bakewell looks exactly what it is: a pretty and compact market town.

Scott owned several houses in the city: the most famous was 39 Castle Street, where he wrote many of the Waverley novels.

Although the Castle appears to be medieval, its turrets and battlements in fact date from a rebuilding in the late 1820s. The lake is part of the river Len.

The benefits of a growing tourist trade are seen with the rebuilt Ship and Castle Hotel on a prime harbour frontage.

Queen Victoria much admired the town of Dartmouth and its beautiful estuary, recording in her journal that '...the place is lovely, with its wooded rocks and church and castle at the entrance.

An earlier castle on this site was captured in 1263 by the Norse and was subsequently demolished, allegedly on the orders of Robert the Bruce. A new, stronger fortress was then built in its place.

The 14th-century tower and spire of the parish church dominates the market place and school to its south, while to the east, the castle remains combine to produce the classic juxtaposition of lordly and

Known today for its massive castle (begun in 1285), one of Edward I's chain of fortresses built to subdue the Welsh, this town on the shore of the Menai Strait at the mouth of the River Seiont is now staunchly

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

This photograph shows the Great Hall as it was originally intended - displaying a collection of armour and weapons, just as a castle should.

The design was based on Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, which Wyndham also owned.

It was to Cardiff Castle that Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, was brought after his defeat at Tinchebrai in 1106, having made war on both William Rufus and Henry I.

In the background across the bay, Pendennis Castle sits on Falmouth's southernmost promontory.