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Stirling Castle, sited on a precipitous hill 420 feet high, has been intimately bound up with the fortunes of Scotland from the 12th century until the union of the crowns in 1603.

Another view from Castle Hill, this time looking west. In the bottom left corner is the tramway that brought ball clay from Peters Marland to the station at Torrington (centre).

During the English invasion of 1544 the castle was effectively destroyed, but was rebuilt in 1580. Further additions were made during the 17th century.

It was he and his son who spent a fortune rebuilding the castle from 1817 onwards. Most of the present buildings are 19th-century, even the Norman-style gatehouse.

This view of the hospital was taken from the Castle green.

Standing in the sylvan setting of Lulworth Park, the parish church of St Andrew's at East Lulworth has an impressive 15th-century tower that predates nearby Lulworth Castle.

Today the wall behind the cross has been removed to improve the view of both cross and Carew Castle beyond.

Tregenna Castle was built as a house for John Stephens in 1774 to the designs of John Wood the younger, the well- known architect of Georgian Bath.

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

The superb quality of Sizergh's Tudor woodwork and panelling served as the model for the restoration of Hever Castle by William Waldorf Astor.

Of the castle buildings, on the left is the palace (reconstructed 1617), the Half-Moon Battery and Forewall Battery.

The ruins of the once luxurious state rooms at Bolsover Castle. It was probably in these rooms that the Duke of Newcastle lavished thousands of pounds on entertaining Charles I.

An excellent view of the Old Bridge with the castle in the background.

Bungay was one of the seats of the powerful Bigod family, who built the castle here in 1170, making use of a loop in the River Waveney to provide a natural defence.

In the background rears Carn Brea, with its monument and castle. There are mine engine houses on the skyline, although the mining boom that made Redruth important in the 19th century is over.

There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for “...the relief of the poor” in the 12th century. There are 20 miles of public rights of way.

The cannon 'Mons Meg' is said to have been cast at Mons, Belgium in 1486, on the orders of James III.

The castle walls to the right of the view are now demolished.

The castle had two main towers and a further tower guarding the entrance on the north side. There was no keep.

Work on replacing the original wooden castle with one of masonry is thought to have been started by Hamelin Plantaganet, half-brother of Henry II.

The castle passed into royal hands, and during the Civil War it withstood a year-long siege before surrendering on 16 November 1645.

Little remains of Robert de Turbeville's early 12th-century motte and bailey castle. Its stone succes- sor was built in 1272 by Sir Grimbauld Pauncefote.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee statue of 1887 replaced a market cross, and it emphasises the 'company town' nature of Royal Windsor – the castle has been a royal residence sine 1075.