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Ruins [152] Hemyock Castle: Enclosure castle c. 1380: Fragmentary remains Private [153] Kingswear Castle: Artillery fort 1491–1502: Intact Landmark Trust [154] Lydford Castle: Keep and bailey 12–13th century: Ruins [155] Marisco Castle: Keep and bailey c. 1243: Restored Restored in 1643. [156] Okehampton Castle: Keep and bailey 11–14th ...
Tower houses are often called castles, and despite their characteristic compact footprint size, they are formidable habitations and there is no clear distinction between a castle and a tower house. In Scotland a classification system has been widely accepted based on ground plan, such as the L-plan castle style, one example being the original ...
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. . Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories in England and the ...
Fenton Tower, East Lothian, a restored tower house where thorough archaeological recording took place. [1]The restoration of castles and tower houses in Scotland, generally by private individuals and families, has been taking place for over a century [2] [verification needed] and is of major significance in the field of historic buildings in the country, and sometimes a subject of controversy.
Built by the Earl of Ormond in 1433. In ruins. Ormonde Castle, Arklow. Castle ruins, built in 1169 on an old Viking site and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army in the 17th century. Rathdown Castle. Ruined by the 17th century, very little remains. Threecastles Castle, Manor Kilbride, Blessington. Largely intact late 14th/15th-century castle ...
Pages in category "Ruined castles in the Republic of Ireland" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Dunluce Castle (/ d ʊ n ˈ l uː s /; from Irish Dún Libhse) [3] is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland, the seat of Clan MacDonnell.It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim (between Portballintrae and Portrush), and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland.