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The castle was also repaired, and the ground outside was lowered to expose its 'battered' plinths. This is the Mayor's Walk along the north side of the keep and within the inner bailey.

The path extends south right to the recreation park, and to the north, by crossing the bridge to the right hand bank, into the area known as Scot's Garden at the foot of Castle Hill.

Perched above Llangollen, this ancient fortification, whose name translates roughly as 'castle of the fort of the crow', dates from the Iron Age; medieval fortifications were added later, possibly

Visitors to the castle and surrounding area could avail themselves of the accommodation offered at The Abbey: rooms 4s, dinner 3-5s, or at The King's Arms Inn: rooms 3s, dinner 2s 6d.

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

Middleham, a medieval township at the mouth of Wensleydale, is famous for breeding and training racehorses and for its historic castle, once the home of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and later of King

Note the English heritage-run Conisborough Castle in the background.

The yard to the left no longer exists and this view of the castle is largely obscured by the new public toilets!

He also contributed to the fund that enabled the castle grounds to be converted from a cattle market to public gardens.

A battalion of the Black Watch parade on the castle esplanade.

A ruined 14th-century double-towered castle stands guard over Loch Ranza. It was here that Robert Bruce is said to have landed on his return from Ireland in 1306.

On the left-hand side of the street, the building with the bay window, once the Castle Hotel and then the Co-op, is now Mackays clothing; while the premises to the right, occupied for many years by Folley's

The lower archway of the three within the castle was a fireplace.

This pond is a remnant of the castle moat, which was reshaped in 1784.

Set in parkland, the four-storey battlemented central section of the castle is supported at each corner by a three-storey round tower. There is an older building to the rear.

The abbey gate replaced a Norman gate destroyed by the townspeople in 1327, who then had to pay for this castle-like defensive structure.

The Victorian old town hall is on the corner of Castle Street, and in the right foreground is the Spinning Wheel, which still stands and dates from about 1600.

The three passenger steamers alongside the quay are, from left to right, the 'New Resolute', the 'Wotton' and probably the 'St Mawes Castle'.

This fine view shows the River Taw meandering down to the Long Bridge (just left of centre), and behind the bridge the dark wooded mound of the castle, built in the 10th century.

Much of the castle was built at the end of the 1200s by Lawrence de Ludlow, a wealthy wool merchant. At this time England's wealth lay in its wool.

The massive keep of the castle that gives the village its name attracts many visitors.

Wordsworth's father, an agent for the Lowther Estate at nearby Lowther Castle, is buried in the churchyard.

Skelton Castle can be seen set amidst the trees in the centre of the view.

Remnants of the Earl of Leicester's castle which was destroyed in the early 13th century can still be seen in this rather dismal but interesting village.