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Castle Road (part of the A360 to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the picture to the left.

To many the stupendous structure had the look of an ornate medieval castle.

These attractive ivy-clad ruins are not as ancient as they look: they are part of the castle constructed as a folly by Walter May along with his 170 foot high tower.

Gateway to the Dales and the first town in Airedale, Skipton was a centre for sheep and cattle rearing; even its name is derived from Sheeptown. In the distance is the tower of Holy Trinity Church.

Additional defences comprised fixed gun positions at Cloch Point, Toward Point and on Castle Hill, Dunoon.

St Mawes is one of the coastal defence castles built by Henry VIII in the 1540s. It has a central tower and three smaller lobes, so that from the air it resembles a clover leaf.

The pride of Aberystwyth is its ruined castle, crumbling upon a rocky promontory against whose sides the waves of every tide are dashed with a force that threatens eventually to sweep away the whole.

The castle is set on a knoll overlooking the River Don.

But for a small section of the castle, the church remains the only tangible link with the old town's medieval past.

The church, which dates from 1840, lies to the south of the castle motte, and close to the busy A50 bypass.

The large building to the left behind the Castle Tavern is the Methodist chapel in Ryder's Wynd, replacing an earlier chapel nearby, and superseded by the present Methodist church in Queens

The building attached to the chapel on the right is the Big Schoolroom (1863) reputedly in the style of Oakham Castle.

A temporary bridge was erected from a ledge below the Store or Detachment Shelter on the left to Castle Hill, which allowed the passage of building materials and labourers from mainland to

Note the spire of the 1284 St Peter's Church, the monument, the much-loved 'eyes of Ruthin' (the prominent rows of dormer windows on the Myddleton Arms), and the Georgian Castle hotel (right).

The 'Compton Castle', which we see here, was built by B Cox & Company of Falmouth in 1914; she originally had an open bridge which was enclosed in the 1920s.

Marlborough College, the prestigious public school, was founded in 1843 close to the river Kennet and the site of the old castle. An enclosed bridge crosses the A4 Bath road.

In March 1283 Longshanks ordered Conwy Castle to be built and a burgh established.

On this side of the castle are most of the buildings constructed before 1625 which have survived above ground level in a recognisable form.

The original castle consisted of a three-storey tower with a large room on each floor, with other rooms off the projections. The tower parapet is equipped with machiolations.

A Norman castle was established here by the De Aton family. High Hall, to the left, dates from the 18th century.

Deploying Meg was a logistical nightmare: when James IV ordered it dragged to the siege of Norham Castle in 1497, it took over 220 men and ninety horses to get it there.

Mark Twain expected his perfect piece of England to have a castle and the odd ruin.

This photograph shows the ivy-smothered shell keep and gatehouse of Restormel Castle at a time when the ruin was still a titular possession of the Prince of Wales.

The castle was remodelled between 1450-57 when a twin-towered gatehouse was added. In 1644 it fell into Parliamentarian hands and was demolished.