Our coast has also been our first line of defence. This means around the UK coastline, we have the remains of castles and forts offering a glimpse into the country’s medieval and military past.
Location is everything, and visiting a castle will also get you out in some of the most spectacular and breathtaking locations.
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Deal Castle is one of the earliest and most elaborate of a chain of Tudor artillery coastal forts, which also Read more…
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Portchester Castle’s commanding location as the Solent’s defences for hundreds of years. Originally built in the late 3rd century. Covering Read more…
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Studland Beach & Nature Reserve has three miles of beaches (Shell Bay, Knoll Beach, Middle Beach and South Beach) are owned Read more…
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Today’s Carew Castle replaced an earlier stone keep and is constructed from the local Carboniferous limestone with some Tudor features Read more…
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Prudhoe Castle, built to defend a strategic crossing of the River Tyne. Read more…
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Explore the remains of a Roman bath house with its amazing 1,700 year-old under floor heating system. Walk in the Read more…
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Clonque beach is a stoney/gravelly beach ideal for rock pooling. Small car park around coastal track behind Fort Tourgis. Read more…
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Burgh Castle, stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd-century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Views over Breydon Water, Read more…
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Duncannon Fort is located in a very strategic position on a peninsula in the eastern part of Waterford Harbour, giving Read more…
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Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh located on a low hill 5 km (3 miles) south-east of Read more…
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Craigievar Castle is just South of Alford in Aberdeenshire. This is a fairy tale castle seven-stories high in the Scottish Read more…
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Cubbie Roos’ Castle is one of the oldest stone castles in Scotland, built around 1150. This now ruined castle took Read more…
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