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The land on which Kendal Castle stands was acquired through marriage by Ivo de Taillebois, and it is he who is thought to have built the original 11th-century fortress.

Dumbarton Castle straddles the 240 ft high basalt rock that dominates the burgh.

The first Haddon was built by William Peveril, the same descendant of the Conqueror who built Peveril Castle at Castleton, but the present building mainly dates from the rebuilding by Sir Richard Vernon

Now known as the Stokesay Castle Inn, this hotel overlooks a new tourist attraction in the town - a museum of the Shropshire countryside.

Launceston Castle is of the classic motte and bailey design: a high central tower stands on a mound surrounded by the bailey defences.

The first castle on this site was a simple ringwork with a timber palisade, built in 1116 by William de Londres to guard this important crossing point on the Ewenny and Ogmore rivers.

Middleham's massive castle overlooks the lower reaches of Wensleydale. These impressive ruins were once the home and meeting place for the most powerful men in the land.

The abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in about 1130, at the same time as he established his castle on the other side of the river.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

The castle, much enlarged by the Dukes of Norfolk, along with their Roman Catholic cathedral, dominates this picturesque hill town, giving it a distinctly French character in distant views.The bridge over

Middleham was once a major market town, but it is famous for two things: the training of racehorses, and its castle, home to Richard III.

As we look from Tower Bridge, the dominance of William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, dating from the late 11th century and still the focus of the castle, is now somewhat reduced by office blocks, including

Here we see a section of Hadrian's Wall near the village of Gilsland. 73 miles long, with seventeen forts, mile-castles and turrets, the wall was one of a number of linear defences built to designate

Bamburgh also holds the distinction of being the first castle to be breached by gunfire. During the Wars of the Roses Bamburgh was besieged by the Yorkists in 1461 and again in 1464.

An Edwardian gentleman in his straw boater gazes down on this little group of thatched cottages surrounding the creeper-clad Castle Inn, whose turnover must have benefited enormously from the hordes

It has been argued that Dolwyddelan was not Iorwerth's castle at all, and that the honour should in fact be bestowed upon nearby Tomen Castell; here, there are the remains of a rectangular tower.

The central tower of the castle dates from a licence of 1454 when the thane was permitted to erect Cawdor 'with walls and ditches and equip the summit with turrets and means of defence, with warlike provisions

Castle Road (part of the A345 to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the picture to the left.

The most infamous event in the castle's history occurred in the hall, situated just behind this outer wall.

Hodges Garage (in the distance, behind the bus entering Market Square) has since been demolished, and the Castle Hotel (by the street lamp on the right) has also closed.

Just to the left of All Saints' Church the Railway Bridge can be clearly seen standing where Queen Ethelfleda's castle was built to control and watch the Runcorn Gap and protect her kingdom

At left, in line with the Lyons van, is the entrance to the Castle Arcade - a true gem amongst Cardiff's rich assortment of arcades.

This view from the castle's east gate shows the same buildings as in picture No 25340.

Lord Donegall was quite willing, since he had just built the new Belfast Castle on the Antrim side of the town.