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Castles and Forts

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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Popular Castles and Forts

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Treen Cove Gurnards Head Beach

Treen Cove (Gurnards Head) has excellent scenery and a lot of history: the site of a Cornish Iron Age fort, Read more…
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Hever Castle

Hever Castle began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat Read more…
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Castle Fraser

Castle Fraser was built in 1575 and is one of the grandest of the Scottish baronial tower houses. The present Read more…
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North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory

The North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory (NRBO) was established in 1987 to study and record the migrant birds that pass through Read more…
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Hartland Point Lighthouse

Hartland Point Lighthouse gives a guide to vessels of all types approaching the Bristol Channel, the lighthouse was built by Read more…
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Dunnottar Castle

Dunnottar Castle is that unforgettable experience of Scotland and brings to life the movie ‘Brave’. This is the dramatic and Read more…
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Claypotts Castle

Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle and it is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower Read more…
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Harlech Castle

Harlech Castle was built (1283-1295) on a vertical cliff-face and has two rings of walls and towers with a very Read more…
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Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a late medieval moated castle. A quadrangular castle was built-in 1385 surrounded by a wide moat and Read more…
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Coastal Walks

The coastal path passes through Polzeath in one direction to Rock, and in the other through New Polzeath, Pentire Point Read more…
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Red Castle

Red Castle sits on high ground and is the ruins of a 12th-century castle that had a keep added in Read more…
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Totnes Castle

Totnes Castle, classic Norman motte and bailey castle, founded soon after the Conquest. A later stone shell-keep crowns its steep Read more…
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