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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The Logan Rock is an example of a logan or rocking stone. The rock is an eighty-ton granite boulder perched Read moreโฆ
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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 moreโฆ
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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 moreโฆ
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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 moreโฆ
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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 moreโฆ
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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 moreโฆ
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Pendennis Castle was built by King Henry VIII to defend against possible attack by Spain and France and was in Read moreโฆ
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Cromwell’s Castle guards the anchorage between Bryher and Tresco. The castle has a round tower and is one of the Read moreโฆ
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An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary’s Pool harbour in 1552-53 Read moreโฆ
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Launceston a medieval walled city was Cornwall’s capital for centuries.ย Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape with its unusual keep consisting Read moreโฆ
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The Blue Tomato is a relaxed, comfortable place to eat and drink,ย located in Rock, Cornwall, it’s over the water from Read moreโฆ
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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 moreโฆ
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