Corfe Castle Purbeck purbecks swanage Dorset UK south coast Jurassic heritage old damaged ruin ruins ruined destroyed battered saxon fort William ethlred the unready Elfreda wall walls view skline towards poole harbour and town chris jones HISTEN
rocky promontory castle castle scottish scotland Loch Assynt Inchnadamph 16th century ruin ruins ruined remains north shore highland building buildings architecture architectural rectangular-shaped keep Sutherland defensive wall 1590 "Clan MacLeod"
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Standing on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Assynt in Sutherland, north west Highland, Scotland, Ardvreck Castle is a ruined castle dating from the 16th century. The ruins can be reached by driving along the A837 which follows the north shore of Loch Assynt from the village of Inchnadamph
Dunstanburgh Castle viewed from the north (Embleton Bay. Dunstanburgh dominates the Northumberland coast south of Embleton Bay and north of the small village of Craster. Now in ruins the castle dates from the reign of Edward II (early 14th century). In the 15th century futher building work was completed on the orders of John of Gaunt but by the 1550's records show the castle was already in a state of disrepair.
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Scotland; Kildrummy; Castle; Architecture; Castles; building; Aberdeenshire; heritage; history; historic Scotland; Alford; Strathdon; stone; fortifications; ruins; Don Valley; Earls of Mar; Robert the Bruce
Ruins of a castle; open; crumbling; falling; fallen down; brick; stone; rock; tower ruins; ruined; collapsed; Tantallon Castle; view; cliffs; headland; sea; waves; courtyard; sheer drop; long way down
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Two miles east of North Berwick is a rocky headland surrounded by cliffs offering stunning views north to the sea-bird colony on Bass Rock. Anywhere else, Bass Rock would dominate the attention, but here it takes second place to the remarkable curtain wall of Tantallon Castle. A visit by Oliver Cromwell's army in 1651 has ensured that Tantallon Castle is but a shadow of its former self. But what remains is dramatic and impressive, offering considerable scope for exploration and plenty of opportunity for sufferers of vertigo to check whether they've overcome it yet. Stairs allow access to the walkway running most of the length of the curtain wall and to the top of the Mid Tower. In its heyday Tantallon Castle's main structure comprised a 12ft thick curtain wall built right across the headland, protected by a deep ditch cut through the rock in front and by the natural cliffs on the remaining three sides. At the north-west end of the wall was the large circular Douglas Tower, offering 6 storeys of accommodation for the Douglas family who held sway here through most of the castle's life. Very little of it was left standing by Cromwell's artillery. At the south-east end of the curtain wall was the East Tower, originally five storeys high but again largely destroyed in 1651. Not quite centrally placed was the Mid Tower, also five storeys in height and the best preserved of the towers. Behind the protection of the curtain wall was the close with, on its north side, the remains of the hall block