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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Saint Mawes Castle is among the best-preserved of Henry VIII’s coastal artillery fortresses. The castle was one of the chain Read more…
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King Charles’s Castle is a ruined artillery fort on Tresco built between 1548 and 1551 to protect the Isles of Read more…
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Caerhays Castle was designed by John Nash at the start of the 19th century, there are the Gardens and parkland Read more…
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Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens is a beautiful sheltered valley near Penzance, surrounded by woods, streams and dramatic 22-acre exotic and sub-tropical Read more…
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The Blue Tomato is a relaxed, comfortable place to eat and drink, located in Rock, Cornwall, it’s over the water from Read more…
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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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Dodman Point is a 400-foot (120 m) high headland that was once an Iron Age promontory fort. At its seaward Read more…
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Launceston a medieval walled city was Cornwall’s capital for centuries. Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape with its unusual keep consisting Read more…
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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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Restormel Castle, 13th-century circular shell-keep stands on an earlier Norman mound surrounded by a deep dry ditch. The castle has Read more…
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The Logan Rock is an example of a logan or rocking stone. The rock is an eighty-ton granite boulder perched Read more…
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St Catherine’s Castle is one of a pair of small artillery forts, built by Thomas Treffry approximately 1540. The D-shaped, Read more…
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